E-năn/ti-o-păth'ie1, a.
a. (Med.) Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.
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a. (Med.) Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.
n. [Gr. ἐναντιοπάθησις, of contrary properties or affections, fr. ἐναντίος, opposite, and πάθος, suffering, affection, from πάσχειν, παθεῖν, to suffer.] 1. An opposite passion or affection. Everest. 2. (Med.) Allopathy, or the theory of acting and curing by contraries;—a term used by the disciples and followers of Hahnemann.