orthodox medicinenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɔː.θə.dɒks ˈmed.ɪ.sən/us/ˌɔːr.θə.dɑːks ˈmed.ɪ.sən/the use of drugs and operations to cure illness:
She is a cancer sufferer who has rejected orthodox medicine and turned instead to acupuncture and other forms of alternative medicine.
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Medical treatment: general words
- first aid
- first-aider
- general practice
- gynaecological
- irradiation
- med
- medical
- medicine
- modality
- muti
- non-surgical
- orthopaedic
- quackery
- reconstructive
- restorative
- soothing
- stretcher sb off
- surgical
- surgically
- telemedicine
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