holistic


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
holistic /həʊˈlɪstɪk/
adjective
  • 1 chiefly Philosophy characterized by the belief that the parts of something are explicable only by reference to the whole.
  • 2 Medicine treating the whole person rather than just the physical symptoms of a disease.
– derivatives
holistically adverb.
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