folk medicine
Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically…Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.
» Juniper berries are often used in folk medicine.
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2 senses(uncountable)Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.
Holonyms: complementary medicine, integrative medicine, traditional medicine
Near-synonyms: traditional medicine (often synonymous but includes non-layperson skills), indigenous medicine (almost synonymous but is not applied to the folk medicine of non-Indigenous groups)
Volksmedizin
наро́дная медици́наnaródnaja medicína
народна медицинаnarodna medycyna
(countable)A particular medicinal remedy used in such traditional medical practices.
Examples
1 sentencesJuniper berries are often used in folk medicine.
Translations
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Origin
From folk (“believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigoFrom folk (“believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous”) + medicine.
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Forms
plural: folk medicinesSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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