complementary medicine

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: kŏm′plə-mĕn′t(ə)rē mĕd′ĭ-sĭn (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): (contemporary) /ˌkɒm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/, /ˌkɒm.pləˌmen.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmed.ɪ.sɪn/; (conservative) /ˌkɔːm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/, /ˌkɔːm.pləˌmen.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmed.ɪ.sɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): (without the cot–caught merger) /ˌkɔm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹi ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/, (cot–caught merger) /ˌkɑm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹi ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/ (Canada) IPA(key): (standard) /ˌkɒm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹi ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/, (dialectal) /ˌkɑm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹi ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˌkɔm.pləˌmen.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmed.ɪ.sɪn/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌkɒm.pləˌmen.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmed.ə.sən/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌkɔm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹi ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/, /ˌkɔm.plʌˌmɛn.t(ʌ)ɹi ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/ (India) IPA(key): /ˌkɔm.pleˌmɛ(ː)n.ʈ(a)ɾiː ˈmɛ(ː)ɖ.ɪ.sɪn/ Hyphenation: com‧ple‧men‧ta‧ry med‧i‧cine === Noun === complementary medicine (countable and uncountable, plural complementary medicines) Any of several therapies that complement (augment) scientific medical practices with those of alternative medicine such as acupuncture or homeopathy. Synonyms: integrative medicine (denotatively not different), alternative medicine (often denotatively not different) Meronyms: (it contains these as parts) alternative medicine, functional medicine, folk medicine, traditional medicine, indigenous medicine, herbal medicine Coordinate term: quackery (knowingly fake: fraudulent) ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “complementary medicine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.