ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Meaning of ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE in English

noun

[ C , U ] any type of treatment that does not use the usual scientific methods of Western medicine, for example one using plants instead of artificial drugs

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 medical therapy regarded as unorthodox by the medical profession, e.g. herbalism and naturopathy.
Concise Oxford English vocab
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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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