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HOLISTIC MEDICINE

\həlˈɪstɪk mˈɛdsən], \həlˈɪstɪk mˈɛdsən], \h_ə_l_ˈɪ_s_t_ɪ_k m_ˈɛ_d_s_ə_n]\

Definitions of HOLISTIC MEDICINE

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2010 - Medical Dictionary Database

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medical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factors; "holistic medicine treats the mind as well as the body"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

Health as viewed from the perspective that humans and other organisms function as complete, integrated units rather than as aggregates of separate parts.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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