Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evidence-based medicine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.54 in modern English

Syllables: ev-i-dence-based medicine
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Health care whose policies and practices are derived from the systematic, scientific study of the effectiveness of various treatments.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Holonyms: scientific medicine < medicine"
"In the last decade, the health care field has been under the spell of evidence-based medicine—a social movement aimed to strengthen the scientific base of health care and determine the effectiveness of clinical interventions."

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

EBM

Questions

What does evidence-based medicine mean?: Health care whose policies and practices are derived from the systematic, scientific study of the effectiveness of various treatments.

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