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complementary medicines

Syllables: com·ple·men·ta·ry med·i·cinesUK/ˌkɒm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪnz/US/ˌkɔm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹi ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪnz/

complementary medicines is the plural of complementary medicine.

Meaning of complementary medicine

Noun

complementary medicine (countable and uncountable, plural complementary medicines)

  1. Any of several therapies that complement (augment) scientific medical practices with those of alternative medicine such as acupuncture or homeopathy.
    • Meronyms: (it contains these as parts) alternative medicine, functional medicine, folk medicine, traditional medicine, indigenous medicine, herbal medicine

Questions about complementary medicines

What is complementary medicines the plural of?
Complementary medicines is the plural of complementary medicine.
How do you pronounce complementary medicines?
Complementary medicines is pronounced /ˌkɒm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪnz/ (UK).

Words near complementary medicines in the dictionary

  1. complementary function
  2. complementary functions
  3. complementary good
  4. complementary goods
  5. complementary medicine
  6. complementary medicines
  7. complementary nondeterministic polynomial
  8. complementary region
  9. complementary regions
  10. complementary studies
  11. complementation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: complementary medicines (page history and authors); complementary medicine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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