a. [ad. Fr. antipathique, f. antipathie ANTIPATHY: see -IC.] Of or belonging to antipathy; of contrary nature or character (to); spec. in Med. having or producing the contrary symptoms.
1830. Edin. Rev., L. 513. The antipathic [method] … opposes contrary to contrary.
1866. J. Martineau, Ess., I. 369. [These] were violently antipathic to those.
1868. W. Greg, Lit. & Soc. Judgm., 24. They [Napoleon and Madame de Staël] were antipathic in their views.
1880. Syd. Soc. Lex., Antipathic … also applied to palliative medicines.
