traditional medicine

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traditional medicine

noun traditional medicines

  1. countable, uncountable A system of medicine developed before the era of modern medicine, especially one that is associated with a single culture. Holonyms: complementary medicine, integrative medicine, alternative medicine

    Similar: folk medicine, indigenous medicine

  2. countable, uncountable A specific medicine or remedy in this system.

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noun Drug used in traditional medicine

Kiswahilidawa ya kienyeji

noun System of traditional medicine

DeutschVolksmedizin

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@misc{traditional_medicine_2026,
  title = {traditional medicine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/traditional%20medicine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}