"traditional medicine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: traditional medicines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} traditional medicine (countable and uncountable, plural traditional medicines)
  1. A system of medicine developed before the era of modern medicine, especially one that is associated with a single culture. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: alternative medicine, complementary medicine, herbal medicine, integrative medicine Translations (System of traditional medicine): Volksmedizin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-traditional_medicine-en-noun-UO~DqPMt Disambiguation of Medicine: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'System of traditional medicine': 60 40
  2. A specific medicine or remedy in this system. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-traditional_medicine-en-noun-LzdhP0aL Disambiguation of Medicine: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Drug used in traditional medicine): dawa ya kienyeji (Swahili)
Disambiguation of 'Drug used in traditional medicine': 46 54

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