ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Meaning of ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE in English

■ noun medical therapy regarded as unorthodox by the medical profession, e.g. herbalism and naturopathy.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — noun Date: 1977 any of various systems of healing or treating disease (as chiropractic, homeopathy, or faith healing) not included …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — or complementary medicine Any of a broad range of healing approaches not used in conventional Western medicine. Many are holistic …
Английский словарь Британика
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — noun : any of various systems of healing or treating disease (as chiropractic, homeopathy, or faith healing) not included in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — health care and treatment practices, including traditional Chinese medicine, chiropractic, folk medicine, and naturopathy, that minimize or eschew the use …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — method of treatment involving message herbal treatments and other means
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — Date: 1977 : any of various systems of healing or treating disease (as chiropractic, homeopathy, or faith healing) not included …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — Function: noun Date: 1977 : any of various systems of healing or treating disease (as chiropractic, homeopathy, or faith healing) …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — noun [ C , U ] any type of treatment that does not use the usual scientific methods of Western …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — or complementary medicine Any of a broad range of healing approaches not used in conventional Western medicine. Many are holistic …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — Healing arts not generally taught in medical schools or typically practiced in hospitals.
English Dictionary of Medicine
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — Practices used instead of standard treatments. They generally are not recognized by the medical community as standard or conventional medical …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — брит. альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — Нетрадиционная медицина
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — брит. альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — брит. альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — брит. альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — Выбор
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — Альтернатива
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — нетрадиционная медицина.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE — брит. альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ALTERNATIVE — adj 1. alternate, alternating; 2. alternative; currente alternative alternating current
Interlingua English vocab
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
ALTERNATIVE — I. ȯlˈtərnəd.iv, -tə̄n-, -təin-, -nətiv also al- adjective Etymology: alternate (I) +-ive 1. : offering a choice of two or …
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
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
ALTERNATIVE — — alternatively , adv. — alternativeness, alternativity , n. /awl terr"neuh tiv, al-/ , n. 1. a choice limited to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALTERNATIVE — I. ȯl-ˈtər-nə-tiv, al- adjective Date: 1540 1. : alternate 1 2. : offering or expressing a choice several alternative plans …
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
ALTERNATIVE — adj alternate; reciprocal. 2. alternative ·adj offering a choice of two things. 3. alternative ·adj disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction. …
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
ALTERNATIVE — alternative BrE AmE ɔːl ˈtɜːn ət ɪv ɒl- AmE \ ɔːl ˈtɝːn ət̬ ɪv ɑːl-, æl- ▷ alternative|ly li ▷ …
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
ALTERNATIVE — / ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv; NAmE -ˈtɜːrn-/ noun , adjective ■ noun a thing that you can choose to do or have out …
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
ALTERNATIVE — I. al ‧ ter ‧ na ‧ tive 1 S2 W2 AC /ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv $ ɒːlˈtɜːr-, æl-/ BrE AmE adjective [ …
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
ALTERNATIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of one or more things) available or usable instead of another (an alternative route). °Use …
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
ALTERNATIVE — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of one or more things) available or usable instead of another (an alternative route). °Use …
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
ALTERNATIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1. (of one or more things) available or usable instead of another (an alternative route). Usage: …
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
ALTERNATIVE — ( alternatives) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The form 'alternate' is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALTERNATIVE — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The form 'alternate' is sometimes …
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
ALTERNATIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a new/different/fresh/alternative approach ▪ a new approach to pollution control a parallel/an alternative universe …
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
ALTERNATIVE — [esp. US] alternate [noun], [adjective] - (something that is) different from something else, esp. from what is usual, and offering …
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
ALTERNATIVE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attractive , effective , good , radical ▪ acceptable , reasonable , suitable ▪ available , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALTERNATIVE — n. 25B6; adjective an alternative route : DIFFERENT, other, another, second, possible, substitute, replacement; standby, emergency, reserve, back-up, auxiliary, fallback; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALTERNATIVE — adj. 1 alternate, variant, (an)other, different, additional; substitute, surrogate Alternative models are available n. 2 alternate, variant, choice, option, selection; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MEDICINE — noun BAD : After drinking the medicine, I felt sleepy. GOOD : After taking the medicine, I felt sleepy. ◆◆◆ …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ALTERNATIVE — adjective and noun (Lifestyle and Leisure) adjective: Offering a different approach from the conventional or established one; belonging to the …
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
ALTERNATIVE — альтернатива; выбор из двух возможностей - undesirable * нежелательная альтернатива - to propose an * предлагать альтернативу - to be …
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
ALTERNATIVE — alternative.ogg 1. ɔ:lʹtɜ:nətıv n 1. альтернатива; выбор из двух возможностей undesirable alternative - нежелательная альтернатива to propose to endorse, to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ALTERNATIVE — 1) вариант, альтернатива||альтернативный - admissible alternative - both-sided alternative - composite alternative - continuous alternative - exclusive alternative - feasible alternative - generalized alternative - go-no go alternative - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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