homeopathy
ホメオパシー
解説 Definition
homeopathy は、ホメオパシーという代替医療の一種を指す名詞です。科学的な効果については議論があり、医学的な文脈では通常の治療と区別して扱われます。
Homeopathy is an alternative medical system based on the ideas that substances causing certain symptoms can treat similar symptoms when given in extremely diluted preparations. Its proposed benefits have not been shown by reliable evidence to exceed placebo effects, so it is distinguished from evidence-based medical treatment.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
homeopathy は homeo-「似た」と -pathy「苦しみ・病」に分け、「似たものが似た症状を治す」という理論を掲げる代替療法として覚えます。「try homeopathy」「an alternative practice」が典型です。語頭は home「家」ではなく、homogeneous の homo- と近い「同じ・似た」の要素である点に注意しましょう。
Break homeopathy into homeo-, “similar,” and -pathy, relating to suffering or disease. The structure reflects its central claim: “like cures like,” meaning that a substance associated with certain symptoms is proposed as a treatment for similar symptoms in a highly diluted form. Do not connect homeo- with the English word home; instead, compare it with homo- in words expressing sameness. In real contexts, homeopathy is described as an alternative practice, not as a synonym for standard medicine. Common phrases include “try homeopathy,” “a homeopathic remedy,” and “evidence for homeopathy.”
例文
She read a short article about homeopathy.
彼女はホメオパシーについての短い記事を読みました。
The clinic clearly explains that homeopathy is an alternative practice.
そのクリニックは、ホメオパシーが代替療法であることを明確に説明しています。
He asked his doctor before trying homeopathy.
彼はホメオパシーを試す前に医師に相談しました。
homeopathy の類義語・関連語
類義語
対義語
派生語
homeopathy の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語のhomoios（類似）とpathos（苦しみ）に由来します。接頭辞homeo-と語根-pathyが結合し、「似た病を似たもので治す」という治療原理をそのまま表します。関連語にsympathy（共感）やpathology（病理学）があります。
Homeopathy was formed from Greek homoios, meaning “like” or “similar,” and pathos, meaning “suffering,” “feeling,” or “disease.” The term was introduced for a medical system developed around the principle later summarized as “like cures like.” English uses homeo- as the “similar” element and -pathy in words concerning disease or treatment. The etymology records the system’s proposed principle; it does not establish that the treatment is scientifically effective.
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