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单词 homoeopathic
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homoeopathicadj.n.

/ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈpaθɪk//ˌhəʊmɪə(ʊ)ˈpaθɪk/
Etymology: < homoeopathy n. + -ic suffix. Compare French homéopathique (1827) and German homöopathisch (1824).
A. adj.
1. Belonging to or of the nature of homoeopathy; practising or advocating homoeopathy.
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [adjective] > homoeopathy
homoeopathic1830
1824 Hahnemann Organon der Heilkunst (ed. 3) 1 Diesen homöopathischen Heilweg lehrte bisher niemand.]
1830 Edinb. Rev. 50 513 First stands the homöopathic..then the allopathic or heteropathic [method].
a1845 T. Hood Ode to Dr. Hahnemann iii Thanks to that soothing homœopathic balm.
1876 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. viii. 467 I am resolutely homœopathic.
2. figurative. Very small or minute, like the doses usually given in homoeopathy. (Often humorous.)
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small
tinea1400
little weea1525
undersmall?1527
little little1542
perpusil1598
tiny1598
punctual1605
minute1606
pygmya1616
exiguous1630
atomical1646
minutulous1651
puncticular1658
arenulous1664
myriate1665
minimal1666
minim1671
infinitesimal1733
minutissim1768
weeny1790
midgety1798
teeny1802
pinpoint1807
atomic1809
homuncular1822
minnow1824
weeshy1825
pinhead1835
finitesimal1836
homoeopathic1838
teeny-weeny1842
teenty1844
teenty-taunty1844
teeny-tiny1849
submolecular1854
teensy1856
super-compact1860
midget1865
ultramicroscopic1870
pilulous1871
teensy-weensy1872
tee-tiny1872
minuscule1878
smitchy1888
eeny-weeny1894
eensy-weensy1904
pygmean1904
ultramicroscopical1904
bitsy1905
bitty1905
totty1906
millimetric1909
miniscule1909
minuscular1911
insectual1912
micro1931
eeny1933
eensy1940
submicrogram1941
submillimetre1954
diddy1963
mini1963
micro-mini1967
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xli. 102 Mr. Claypole taking cold beef from the dish and porter from the pot, and administering homœopathic doses of both to Charlotte.
1841 J. L. Motley Let. 18 Nov. in Corr. (1889) I. iv. 70 Prussia is a mild despotism to be sure. 'Tis the homœopathic tyranny—small doses, constantly administered, and strict diet and regimen.
1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 307 The chapel was homœopathic in its dimensions.
B. n.
A homoeopathic drug or medicine.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > homoeopathic medicine
simillimum1845
similar1848
homoeopathic1854
1854 W. Irving Let. 31 Aug. (1982) IV. 494 You ask me whether the homeopathics still keep me quite well.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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