COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

Meaning of COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE in English

ˌcomplementary ˈmedicine BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

especially British English complementary medicine uses treatments that are not part of traditional Western medicine ⇨ conventional medicine :

acupuncture and other types of complementary medicines

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — noun Date: 1982 any of the practices (as acupuncture) of alternative medicine accepted and utilized by mainstream medical practitioners
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — Date: 1982 : any of the practices (as acupuncture) of alternative medicine accepted and utilized by mainstream medical practitioners ; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — Function: noun Date: 1982 : any of the practices (as acupuncture) of alternative medicine accepted and utilized by mainstream medical …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — ■ noun medical therapy that falls beyond the scope of scientific medicine but may be used alongside it in the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — noun [ U ] ( BrE ) medical treatment that is not part of the usual scientific treatment used in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In my view, scientists have a crucial role to play in the rapprochement of conventional …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — Practices often used to enhance or complement standard treatments. They generally are not recognized by the medical community as standard …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — брит. альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — брит. альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — брит. альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — брит. альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE — брит. альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MEDICINE — I Set of scientific fields related to prevention, diagnosis , and treatment of disease and maintenance of health, practiced in …
Английский словарь Британика
MEDICINE — I. ˈmedəsə̇n, chiefly Brit -dsə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English medecine, medicine, from Old French, from Latin medicina, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMPLEMENTARY — I. |kämplə|mentərē, -n.trē, -ri adjective Etymology: French complémentaire, from complément complement (from Latin complementum ) + -aire -ary 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEDICINE — (v. t.) To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.
Английский словарь Webster
COMPLEMENTARY — (a.) Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
Английский словарь Webster
COMPLEMENTARY — ( a. ) Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDICINE — /med"euh sin/ or, esp. Brit., /med"seuhn/ , n. , v. , medicined, medicining . n. 1. any substance or substances …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPLEMENTARY — — complementariness , n. /kom'pleuh men"teuh ree, -tree/ , adj., n., pl. complementaries . adj. 1. forming a complement; completing. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPLEMENTARY — adjective Date: 1829 1. : relating to or constituting one of a pair of contrasting colors that produce a neutral …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEDICINE — noun a philter or love potion. 2. medicine ·noun a physician. 3. medicine ·add. ·noun short for medicine man. 4. …
Webster English vocab
COMPLEMENTARY — noun one skilled in compliments. 2. complementary ·adj serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
Webster English vocab
COMPLEMENTARY — [com.ple.men.ta.ry] adj (1829) 1: relating to or constituting one of a pair of contrasting colors that produce a neutral color …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MEDICINE — the practice concerned with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease. The World Health Organization …
Britannica English vocabulary
MEDICINE — medicine BrE AmE ˈmed s ə n -sɪn, ˈmed ɪs ə n, -əs-, -ɪn ▷ medicine|s z ▶ ˈ medicine …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COMPLEMENTARY — complementary BrE AmE ˌkɒmp lɪ ˈment‿ ə r i ◂ ˌ•lə- AmE \ ˌkɑːmp lə ˈmen t̬ ə r i …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MEDICINE — / ˈmedsn; NAmE ; -dɪsn/ noun 1. [ U ] the study and treatment of diseases and injuries : advances …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPLEMENTARY — / ˌkɒmplɪˈmentri; NAmE ˌkɑːm-/ adjective complementary (to sth) two people or things that are complementary are different but together form …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEDICINE — medi ‧ cine S2 W3 /ˈmeds ə n $ ˈmedəs ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMPLEMENTARY — com ‧ ple ‧ men ‧ ta ‧ ry AC /ˌkɒmpləˈment ə ri◂, ˌkɒmplɪˈment ə ri◂ $ ˌkɑːm-/ BrE AmE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MEDICINE — n. 1 the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, esp. as distinct from surgical methods. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMPLEMENTARY — adj. 1 completing; forming a complement. 2 (of two or more things) complementing each other. øcomplementary angle either of two …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MEDICINE — n. 1 the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, esp. as distinct from surgical methods. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMPLEMENTARY — adj. 1 completing; forming a complement. 2 (of two or more things) complementing each other. complementary angle either of two …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MEDICINE — n.1 the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, esp. as distinct from surgical methods. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
COMPLEMENTARY — adj.1 completing; forming a complement. 2 (of two or more things) complementing each other. Phrases and idioms: complementary angle either …
Oxford English vocab
MEDICINE — ( medicines) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Medicine is the treatment …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPLEMENTARY — 1. Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination. ( FORMAL ) To improve the quality …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPLEMENTARY — 1. Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination. (FORMAL) To improve the quality of life …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MEDICINE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a food/medicine/clothes cupboard British English ▪ The medicine cupboard's in the bathroom. a prescription drug/medicine …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMPLEMENTARY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES alternative/complementary medicine (= medical treatments that are not part of modern medicine ) ▪ Various …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MEDICINE — (SUBSTANCE) [noun] - a substance which is drunk or swallowed as a treatment for illness or injuryOne of my medicines …
Cambridge English vocab
COMPLEMENTARY — [adjective]My family and my job both play an important part in my life, fulfilling separate but complementary needs.A producer of …
Cambridge English vocab
MEDICINE — n. Ayurvedic medicine aerospace medicine alternative medicine complementary medicine Chinese medicine traditional family medicine forensic medicine holistic medicine industrial medicine …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MEDICINE — Synonyms and related words : anatomy, anesthesiology, audiology, bacteriology, balm, balsam, cardiology, chiropody, corpse reviver, cure, cure-all, dental surgery, dentistry, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MEDICINE — noun 1 science of treating/preventing illness ADJECTIVE ▪ modern ▪ advances in modern ~ ▪ traditional ▪ qualified in traditional …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COMPLEMENTARY — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ essentially ▪ mutually ▪ These two aims are not always mutually ~: at times …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MEDICINE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MEDICINE — noun BAD : After drinking the medicine, I felt sleepy. GOOD : After taking the medicine, I felt sleepy. ◆◆◆ …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
COMPLEMENTARY — adjective (Health and Fitness) Of a therapy or health treatment: intended to complement orthodox medical practices; alternative, naturopathic. Also of …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
MEDICINE — сущ. 1) медицина, особ. терапия to practise medicine ≈ заниматься врачебной практикой, быть практикующим врачом to study medicine ≈ изучать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMPLEMENTARY — прил. добавочный, дополнительный complementary angles Syn : additional, extra (оптика) дополнительный цвет дополнительный, добавочный; - * factor (специальное) дополнительный фактор; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MEDICINE — medicine.ogg 1. ʹmeds(ə)n n 1. медицина, особ. терапия to study medicine - изучать медицину, учиться на врача to practise medicine …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COMPLEMENTARY — complementary.ogg 1. ͵kɒmplıʹment(ə)rı n опт. дополнительный цвет 2. ͵kɒmplıʹment(ə)rı a 1. дополнительный, добавочный complementary factor - спец. дополнительный фактор complementary …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COMPLEMENTARY — дополнительный complementary differential equation — дополнительное дифференциальное уравнение complementary error function — матем. дополнительная функция ошибок - mutually complementary - weakly complementary
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MEDICINE — medicine сущ.1) медицина, особенно терапия to practise medicine — заниматься врачебной практикой, быть практикующим врачом to study medicine — изучать …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COMPLEMENTARY — прил.добавочный, дополнительный - complementary angles Syn:additional, extra
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MEDICINE — 1. ʹmeds(ə)n n 1. медицина, особ. терапия to study medicine - изучать медицину, учиться на врача to practise medicine - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COMPLEMENTARY — 1. ͵kɒmplıʹment(ə)rı n опт. дополнительный цвет 2. ͵kɒmplıʹment(ə)rı a 1. дополнительный, добавочный complementary factor - спец. дополнительный фактор complementary colours …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MEDICINE — сущ. 1) медицина, особенно терапия to practise medicine — заниматься врачебной практикой, быть практикующим врачом to study medicine — изучать …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COMPLEMENTARY — прил. добавочный, дополнительный - complementary angles Syn: additional , extra
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MEDICINE — сущ. 1) медицина, особенно терапия to practise medicine — заниматься врачебной практикой, быть практикующим врачом to study medicine — изучать медицину - aerospace medicine - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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