Law of similars

law (law) a uniform or constant fact or principle.

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Allen's paradoxic law  the more sugar a normal person is given the more is utilized; the reverse is true in diabetics.

all-or-none law  see all or none.

Beer's law , Beer-Lambert law in spectrophotometry, the absorbance of a solution is proportional to the concentration of the absorbing solute and to the path length of the light beam through the solution.

Boyle's law  at a constant temperature the volume of a perfect gas varies inversely as the pressure, and the pressure varies inversely as the volume.

Charles' law  at a constant pressure the volume of a given mass of a perfect gas varies directly with the absolute temperature.

law of conservation of energy  in any given system the amount of energy is constant; energy is neither created nor destroyed, but only transformed from one form to another.

law of conservation of mass , law of conservation of matter mass (or matter) can be neither created nor destroyed; this law can be violated on the microscopic level.

Dalton's law  the pressure exerted by a mixture of nonreacting gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the separate components; it holds true only at very low pressures.

Hellin's law , Hellin-Zeleny law one in about 89 pregnancies ends in the birth of twins; one in 89 × 89 (7921), of triplets; one in 89 × 89 × 89 (704,969), of quadruplets.

Henry's law  the solubility of a gas in a liquid solution at a constant temperature is proportional to the partial pressure of the gas above the solution.

law of independent assortment  genes that are not alleles are distributed to the gametes independently of one another; one of Mendel's laws.

Mendel's laws , mendelian laws two laws of inheritance of single-gene traits that form the basis of genetics; the law of segregation and the law of independent assortment.

Nysten's law  rigor mortis affects first the muscles of mastication, next those of the face and neck, then those of the trunk and arms, and last those of the legs and feet.

Ohm's law  the strength of an electric current varies directly as the electromotive force and inversely as the resistance.

Raoult's law  the vapor pressure of a volatile component of an ideal solution is equal to the mole fraction of that substance in solution times its vapor pressure in the pure state at the temperature of the solution; it is true only for ideal solutions and ideal gases.

law of segregation  the members of a pair of allelic genes segregate from one another and pass to different gametes; one of Mendel's laws.

law of similars  in homeopathy, the principle that a substance that in large doses will produce symptoms of a specific disease will, in extremely small doses, cure it.

laws of thermodynamics  Zeroth law: two systems in thermal equilibrium with a third are in thermal equilibrium with each other. First law: energy is conserved in any process. Second law: there is always an increase in entropy in any naturally occurring (spontaneous) process. Third law: absolute zero is unattainable.

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law of similars

n.

A principle of homeopathic medicine stating that a drug capable of producing morbid symptoms in a healthy person will cure similar symptoms occurring as a manifestation of disease.

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Law of similars

The basic principle of homeopathic medicine that governs the selection of a specific remedy. It holds that a substance of natural origin that produces certain symptoms in a healthy person will cure those same symptoms in a sick person.

Mentioned in: Homeopathic Medicine, Acute Prescribing, Homeopathic Medicine, Constitutional Prescribing, Ipecac

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law

1. natural law; a uniform or constant fact or principle in nature.

2. legal law; the laws of persons, developed so that social contacts between individuals can be managed on a basis of mutual understanding and agreement.

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adversarial law (2) system

arguments are settled by having each opponent, one of whom is often the state, argue his/her case before a court, which decides the outcome, often on the basis of precedent in previous similar cases.

law (1) of the circle

the radiographic principle on which localization of a radioopaque foreign body can be specified exactly. It depends on taking the x-rays at right angles to each other, a ventrodorsal and a lateral.

civil law (2)

see inquisitorial law (below).

common law (2)

the law of common usage, in which principles are derived from case law and the judgments made in actual cases.

English law (2)

the original common law system.

law (1) of independent assortment

the members of gene pairs segregate independently during meiosis. See also mendel's laws.

inquisitorial law (2) system

the basis of Roman law. The court questions each of the adversaries in an argument and decides the outcome on the basis of the code layed down.

law (1) of mass action

the rate of a reversible reaction, in either direction, is proportional to the concentrations of the reacting substances.

private law (2)

law relating to the conduct of individuals, e.g. contract, divorce, matrimonial, property law.

public law (2)

the law relating to group conduct, especially the state and its criminal, industrial and constitutional law, but also corporation law.

Roman law (2)

law by application of an elaborate written code, the basis for most European law. It is an inquisitorial law system.

law (1) of segregation

in each generation the ratio of (1) pure dominants, (2) dominants giving descendants in the proportion of three dominants to one recessive, and (3) pure recessives is 1:2:1. This ratio follows from the fact that the two alleles of a gene cannot be a part of a single gamete, but must segregate to different gametes. See also mendel's laws.

law of Similars

the defining principle of homeopathy; substances that produce symptoms in disease can be used to treat diseases with those symptoms.

statute law (2)

that part of an English law system that is set down in statutes or law established by Act of Parliament of the day.