"faith-cure" meaning in All languages combined

See faith-cure on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: faith-cures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} faith-cure (countable and uncountable, plural faith-cures)
  1. The act or process of curing disease by calling on the faith and expectations of the patient, without the use of medication or physical forms of therapy. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: faithcure Related terms: faith healer, placebo effect
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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