OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 57981

folk medicine

/ˌfəʊk ˈmɛd(ɪ)s(ɪ)n/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
medicina tradicional
Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.
He learned medicine and surgery "from executioners, bathkeepers, gypsies, midwives, and fortune tellers and incidentally acquired an unusual knowledge of folk-medicine and a perman…
Holonyms: complementary medicine, integrative medicine, traditional medicine
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