different between allopathically vs allopathy

English

allopathic +? -ally

allopathically (comparative more allopathically, superlative most allopathically)

Borrowed from German Allopathie, allo- +? -pathy, originally a pejorative term.

allopathy (countable and uncountable, plural allopathies)

(uncountable, originally) A system of alternative medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect.
(countable) A conventional Western medical method or treatment.

Originally, this indicated solely treatment according to the "law of opposites" rather than the homeopathic "law of similars"; it is now principally used to distinguish conventional medicine from homeopathy (USA, UK, EU), especially in the literature of homeopathy.
In the United States, the term is sometimes used to distinguish MDs from DOs (osteopathic physicians), usually in discussions of medical education.
In India, used principally to distinguish "Western medicine" from Ayurveda, especially when comparing treatments and drugs.

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