complementary medicine
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
complementary medicine
▶noun medical therapy that falls beyond the scope of scientific medicine but may be used alongside it in the treatment of disease and ill health, e.g. acupuncture and osteopathy.
'complementary medicine' also found in these Oxford entries:
acupressure
- acupuncture
- Bach flower remedies
- bodywork
- chiropractic
- complementary
- Hellerwork
- homeopathy
- osteopathy
- petrissage
- tsubo
