HOLISTIC


Meaning of HOLISTIC in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

holistic medicine (= medical treatment of a whole person, not just a particular illness )

One principle of holistic medicine is that each person is unique.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

more

Some skills or knowledge may be incorporated into higher order or more holistic tasks in later levels of a graduated test scheme.

We anticipate that our integrated clinical practice course will encourage students to adopt a more holistic approach.

It is also in strong contrast with views that see nature as a much more holistic , integrated web of interactions.

They give a more holistic understanding than resources such as reference manuals, which emphasize syntax and rules.

■ NOUN

approach

As a profession, we strive to promote a holistic approach towards our patients.

This is also known as the holistic approach .

A recent Governing magazine article about at-risk youth illustrated the importance of a holistic approach .

The course aims to develop in students a holistic approach to design.

It's less of a problem at schools in a position to take a holistic approach in weighing applicants.

Our scheme reduced the range and volume by using alternatives to chemical pesticides and by taking a holistic approach to growing.

Over a period of time I learned about the holistic approach to illness and how to use it.

health

Aromatherapy can help many disorders, but for the best results it should form part of a holistic health regime.

It is usually called holistic medicine or holistic health .

So my work is very much about person-centred, holistic health .

If he wanted his treatment to be a holistic health approach, he had to work in these areas also.

So a new centre has opened which specialises in holistic health ... with a touch of the cosmos thrown in.

Although aromatherapy can help many ailments, it works best in the context of a holistic health regime.

medicine

In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.

It is usually called holistic medicine or holistic health.

Paracelsus's influence on homoeopathy and holistic medicine is genuine, but the paracelsian legacy is much wider.

She sent him books on holistic medicine and nutrition.

The second axiom of holistic medicine is that each person is unique and each program must be individualized.

The concepts of self-defense and self-repair are central contributions of holistic medicine .

treatment

Herbalism: a holistic treatment involving the use of herbal remedies specifically chosen and blended for different conditions.

view

This requires an interdisciplinary approach and the Institute has an holistic view of land, plant and animal management.

As another example of its long-standing holistic view of quality management, Motorola has extended this same focus to its non-manufacturing areas.

But this holistic view was lost, and architecture became a series of isolated statements.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A recent Governing magazine article about at-risk youth illustrated the importance of a holistic approach.

Also it promotes that holistic sense of the whole of life's experience being brought into harmony, including the discords.

As another example of its long-standing holistic view of quality management, Motorola has extended this same focus to its non-manufacturing areas.

Consider the extent to which the approach can be said to be atomistic or holistic , bottom-up or top-down.

Customer-driven systems also allow individuals to meet their needs in a holistic way, without applying to half a dozen different programs.

In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.

That can not be promised here, though a holistic perspective is taken on literary stylistics in addressing science fiction.

This principle plays on the holistic nature of systems.

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