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Pronunciation: si-mil′i-mŭm
Definition: In homeopathy, the remedy indicated in a certain case because the same drug, when given to a healthy person, will produce the symptom complex most nearly approaching that of the disease in question.
[L. simillimus, most like, superl. of similis, like]
Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
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