Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HO-ME-OP'A-THY
HO-ME-OP'ATH-ISTHO'MER, or CHO'MER
HO-ME-OP'A-THY, n. [Gr. ομοιοπαθεια; ομοιος, like, and παθος, affection.]
The doctrine or theory of curing diseases by producing in the patient affections similar to those of the disease. Med. and Surg. Journal.
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