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.
Synonyms and related words
Medical and health treatments
acupressure
acupuncture
aftercare
complementary medicine
noun uncountable
US
Other entries for this word
complementarymedicine at western medicine
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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.