Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

traditional medicine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: tra-di-tion-al medicine
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A system of medicine developed before the era of modern medicine, especially one that is associated with a single culture.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A specific medicine or remedy in this system.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Holonyms: complementary medicine, integrative medicine, alternative medicine"
"Near-synonyms: folk medicine (often synonymous, sometimes specific to laypersons), indigenous medicine (almost synonymous but is not applied to the folk medicine of non-Indigenous groups)"

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

traditional medicines (plural)

Phrases

herbal medicine

Frequently Paired Words

herbal medicine scientific medicine

Synonyms

folk medicine indigenous medicine

Questions

What does traditional medicine mean?: A system of medicine developed before the era of modern medicine, especially one that is associated with a single culture.

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