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homeo-
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Like; similar: homeostasis.
homeo-, homoeo-, homoio-,
prefix "sameness, similarity": homeochrome, homeomorphus, homeothermal.
homeo-
word element. [Gr.] similar, same, unchanging.
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Christopher Newman, 62, hired pretty beautician Georgina Eager, 28, as an assistant at his homeo- pathy clinic, which was also a massage parlour.
MONSTER; He stabbed Irish girl Georgina 29 times, deliberately ... by The Mirror (London, England)
The first is that illness can be cured by dosing patients with animal, herbal, or mineral essences that would induce the symptoms of the illness in a healthy person (or "like cures like," thus the distinctions in the Greek prefixes, homeo- for "same" and allo- for "other").
Considering the alternatives. (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) by Weber, David O. / Physician Executive
If he is generally inclined to be anxious, it would be a good idea to seek professional homeo- pathic treatment.
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