| NOUN | act | alternative medicine | the practice of medicine without the use of drugs |
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| Meaning | The practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture. | |
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| Narrower | herbal medicine | The use of medicinal herbs to prevent or treat disease or promote health |
| Broader | 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 |
| Spanish | medicina alternativa | |
| Catalan | medicina alternativa, medicina natural | |
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