complementary medicine

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of several therapies that complement (augment) scientific medical practices with those of alternative medicine such as acupuncture or homeopathy.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

DeutschKomplementärmedizin

1 more languages

Nederlandscomplementaire geneeskunde

Examples

“Meronyms: alternative medicine, folk medicine, herbal medicine, indigenous medicine, traditional medicine”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

complementary nondeterministic polynomial complementary region complementary studies Complementation complemented class complementer

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