1 ethnomedical | Definition of ethnomedical

ethnomedicine

noun
eth路鈥媙o路鈥媘ed路鈥媔路鈥媍ine | \ 藢eth-n艒-藞me-d蓹-s蓹n How to pronounce ethnomedicine (audio) , British usually -藞med-s蓹n\

Definition of ethnomedicine

: the comparative study of how different cultures view disease and how they treat or prevent it also : the medical beliefs and practices of indigenous cultures

Other Words from ethnomedicine

ethnomedical \ 藢eth-鈥媙艒-鈥嬎坢e-鈥媎i-鈥媖蓹l How to pronounce ethnomedical (audio) \ adjective

First Known Use of ethnomedicine

1901, in the meaning defined above

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ethnomedicine

noun
eth路鈥媙o路鈥媘ed路鈥媔路鈥媍ine | \ 藢eth-n艒-藞med-蓹-s蓹n, British usually -藞med-s蓹n\

Medical Definition of ethnomedicine

: the comparative study of how different cultures view disease and how they treat or prevent it also : the medical beliefs and practices of indigenous cultures

Other Words from ethnomedicine

ethnomedical \ -鈥嬎坢ed-鈥媔-鈥媖蓹l How to pronounce ethnomedical (audio) \ adjective

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