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Homeopathy

Definition

(medical, formal) A system of alternative medicine developed in the late 18th century by Samuel Hahnemann, based on the principle that 'like cures like' (similia similibus curentur) and the use of highly diluted substances which practitioners claim retain a 'memory' of the original solute. Widely considered pseudoscientific by mainstream medicine due to a lack of plausible mechanisms and consistent clinical evidence beyond placebo.

Example Sentences

1Homeopathy has been a subject of intense debate between its practitioners and the scientific community for over two centuries.
2Is the continued public funding of homeopathy ethically justifiable given the overwhelming consensus that its effects are indistinguishable from placebo?
3The systematic review did not find any robust evidence that homeopathy outperforms conventional treatments for any single medical condition.
4Before dismissing homeopathy outright, consider the sociological reasons why intelligent patients continue to seek out treatments that science deems implausible.
5There is a profound epistemological chasm between the principles of homeopathy and the methodological naturalism that underpins modern evidence-based medicine.

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