alternative medicine

/ɔlˌtʌrnədɪv ˌmɛdəsən/
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Other forms: alternative medicines

Definitions of alternative medicine
  1. noun
    the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture
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    types:
    herbal medicine
    the use of medicinal herbs to prevent or treat disease or promote health
    type of:
    medicine, practice of medicine
    the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
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