Medical Definition of Similia similibus curantur

1. The homeopathic formula expressing the law of similars, the doctrine that any drug capable of producing morbid symptoms in the healthy will remove similar symptoms occurring as an expression of disease. Another reading of the formula, employed by Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, is similia similibus curentur, let likes be cured by likes. Origin: L. Likes are cured by likes (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Similia Similibus Curantur

simian haemorrhagic fever
simian haemorrhagic fever virus
simian hand
simian immunodeficiency virus
simian malaria
simian vacuolating virus No. 40
simian virus
Simian Virus 40
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