allopath

American  

[al-uh-path] / ˈæl əˌpæθ /

Also allopathist

noun

1. a person who practices or favors allopathy.

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allopath British  

/ əˈlɒpəθɪst, ˈæləˌpæθ /

noun

1. a person who practises or is skilled in allopathy

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Etymology

Origin of allopath

1820–30; < German, back formation from Allopathie allopathy

Example Sentences

To the allopath this is a "curious effect" merely, and serves to condemn the drug.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

If, for instance, there is a catarrhal affection of the serous and mucous membranes of the respiratory tract accompanied by fever, the allopath will give quinine in large doses to change this condition.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

Any physician who proclaims himself a follower of any special doctrine, be he a hydropath, an electropath, an allopath, a homoeopath, or any other path, should be viewed with suspicion.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various

He puts your rule the other way, and gets the best patient he can, no matter whether he is a homoeopath or an allopath.

From The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors by Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman

She had tried several physicians, among them an allopath, who gave hypodermic injections of morphia, without relief.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock