ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does alternative medicine mean? 

• ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (noun)
  The noun ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE has 1 sense:

1. the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture

  Familiarity information: ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (noun)

Meaning:

The practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("alternative medicine" is a kind of...):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alternative medicine"):

herbal medicine (the use of medicinal herbs to prevent or treat disease or promote health)