"therapeutic touch" meaning in All languages combined

See therapeutic touch on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} therapeutic touch (uncountable)
  1. A form of alternative medicine whose practitioners claim to manipulate patients' energy fields and promote healing by placing their hands on or near the patient. Wikipedia link: therapeutic touch Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Pseudoscience
    Sense id: en-therapeutic_touch-en-noun-ZVTYCmTK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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