vaidya
/vɛːdjə
/(also vaid /vɛːd/)
noun
A practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine: vaids and physicians and surgeons were summoned, but they retired baffled...
- We refer snakebites to the vaids and the rural medical practitioners.
- His grandfather was an Ayurvedic vaid, and his father, though an allopath, acknowledges the benefits of homoeopathy and other systems.
- It is our good fortune that an increasing number of these vaidyas are practicing and available in the US for special needs.
Origin
From Hindi vaidyă.
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