A misnomer, referring to a physician possessing the degree of medicine.
Usually used in contrast to osteopathic and homeopathic a physician practicing a philosophy of medicine which views the role of the physician as an active interventionist who attempts to counteract the effect of a disease by using treatments surgical or medical which produce effects opposite to those of the disease. A homeopathic physician, on the other hand, generally used a drug therapy which reinforces the body’s natural self-healing process. Almost all physicians in the United State would be considered allopathic.