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Definition complementary medicine in British English

complementary medicine noun

[uncountable] noun
1

medical treatment using methods that are not used by most doctors and are intended to treat the causes of a disease rather than the symptoms. In western societies, acupuncture and hypnosis are types of complementary medicine.

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Definition complementary medicine in British English