isopathy

i·sop·a·thy (-sp-th)

n.

1. The treatment of disease by means of the causal agent or a product of the same disease.

2. The treatment of a diseased organ by the use of an extract from a similar organ of a healthy animal.

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isopathy,

n in homeopathy, treatment involving remedies whose source material is the disease specific antigen or a product of the disease. See also autohemic therapy, autoisopathy, autonosode, nosode, sarcode, and tautopathy.

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isopathy

the treatment of disease by means of products of the disease or with material from the affected organ.