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heroic medicine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
hero-ic medicine
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the aggressive medical practices and methods used until the mid-19th century, particularly the dangerous and unproven treatments that were later replaced by scientific approaches.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

heroic medicines (plural)

Phrases

heroic dose

Frequently Paired Words

heroic dose heroics

Questions

What does heroic medicine mean?
Any of the aggressive medical practices and methods used until the mid-19th century, particularly the dangerous and unproven treatments that were later replaced by scientific approaches.

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