Allopathic

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Allopathic is a term invented by homeopathetic medicine founder Samuel Hahnemann, and used by quacks, to disparage evidence-based medicine, and the real doctors and other trained professionals who practice it.

No one knows what its roots are, but it bears a superficial resemblance to the primitive therapod reptile Allosaurus. "Allo" is a derivation of the Greek, meaning "different".

Generally, allopathic medicine refers to "the broad category of medical practice that is sometimes called Western medicine, biomedicine, scientific medicine, or modern medicine,"[1]

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  1. ↑ [http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2001/WHO_EDM_TRM_2001.2.pdf Legal Status of Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine: A Worldwide Review, 2001. Accessed 2007-09-121
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