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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French allopathie.[1] By surface analysis, alo- + -patia. First attested in 1840.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.lɔˈpa.tja/
- Rhymes: -atja
- Syllabification: a‧lo‧pa‧tia
Noun
alopatia f
- (alternative medicine) allopathy (system of alternative medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect)
Declension
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References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alopatia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Henryk Ignacy Suchecki (1840) Duch hydropatyi czyli Wykład sposobu jakim leczy wodą zimną Pryśnic w Grefenbergu : po myślach J. H. Rausego (in Polish), page 3
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lo‧pa‧ti‧a
Noun
alopatia f (plural alopatias)
- (medicine) allopathy (treatment with substances that counter the effect of the disease)