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alternative medicine
- healthcare and treatment practices, including traditional Chinese medicine, chiropractic, folk medicine, and naturopathy, that minimize or eschew the use of surgery and drugs.
alternative medicine
alternative medicine
/ ôl-tûr′nə-tĭv /
- A variety of therapeutic or preventive health-care practices that are not typically taught or practiced in traditional medical communities and offer treatments that differ from standard medical practice. Homeopathy, herbal medicine, and acupuncture are types of alternative medicine.
alternative medicine
- Medical practice or therapy that uses methods that have not been associated with the traditional, standard care most generally taught and executed by AMA-certified medical schools.
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Project topics, according to the information-packed PST Art website essential to navigating the extravaganza, will range from “climate change and environmental justice to the future of artificial intelligence and alternative medicine.”
In the UK, apart from chiropractic, there is no professional statutory regulation of the complementary and alternative medicine sector.
Drawing on his background studying alternative medicine in Jalisco, Mexico, he's been helping tend the land for the last three years.
A growing interest in alternative medicine from Western markets also suggests demand will continue rising.
Effervescent blonde actor played Chrissy Snow on TV’s “Three’s Company,” wrote 25 books and became a proponent of alternative medicine.
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