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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("alternative medicine" is a kind 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alternative medicine"):
herbal medicine (the use of medicinal herbs to prevent or treat disease or promote health)
Context examples:
A form of complementary and alternative medicine based on the belief that vital energy flows through the human body.
(Healing touch, NCI Dictionary)
A mind-body modality is a type of complementary and alternative medicine.
(Mind-body modality, NCI Dictionary)
In alternative medicine, a theory that people fall into one of three groups (protein, carbohydrate, or mixed type) based on the main type of food that their bodies need to stay healthy.
(Metabolic type, NCI Dictionary)
Hypnosis is a type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
(Hypnosis, NCI Dictionary)
A federal agency that uses science to explore complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices, trains CAM researchers, and provides authoritative information about CAM to professionals and the public.
(National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NCI Dictionary)
Alternative medicine includes treatments and practices such as acupuncture, holistic medicine, homeopathy, ayurveda, Chinese medicine, massage therapy, herbal therapy, and biofeedback.
(Alternative Medical Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)
Alternative medicine may include special diets, megadose vitamins, herbal preparations, special teas, and magnet therapy.
(Alternative medicine, NCI Dictionary)
A type of complementary and alternative medicine that uses plant oils that give off strong pleasant aromas (smells) to promote relaxation, a sense of well-being, and healing.
(Aromatherapy, NCI Dictionary)
Designed to make the most current, credible, and accurate cancer information available to health professionals and the public, Physician Data Query contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, complementary and alternative medicine, and supportive care; a registry of cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, professionals who provide genetics services, and organizations that provide cancer care.
(Physician Data Query, NCI Dictionary)
Designed to make the most current, credible, and accurate cancer information available to health professionals and the public, PDQ contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, complementary and alternative medicine, and supportive care; a registry of cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, professionals who provide genetics services, and organizations that provide cancer care.
(PDQ, NCI Dictionary)
