folk medicine
Syllables: folk me·di·cine/ˌfəʊk ˈmɛd(ɪ)s(ɪ)n/US/ˌfoʊk ˈmɛdəs(ə)n/
folk medicine noun: traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.
Noun
folk medicine (countable and uncountable, plural folk medicines)
- Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.
- Holonyms: complementary medicine, integrative medicine, traditional medicine
- Near-synonyms: traditional medicine (often synonymous but includes non-layperson skills), indigenous medicine (almost synonymous but is not applied to the folk medicine of non-Indigenous groups)
- Synonyms:
- traditional medicine, indigenous medicine
- A particular medicinal remedy used in such traditional medical practices.
- A folk medicine traditionally used to treat depression is as effective as standard anti-depressant drugs and has fewer side-effects, according to a new study.1996 August 2, Liz Hunt, “Flower-power remedy proves equal of anti-depressant drugs”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 08 Jun 2014
folk medicine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
folk medicine in Hindi
- traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians
- पारम्परिक चिकित्सा pāramparik cikitsā
folk medicine in Tamil
- நாட்டு மருந்து
folk medicine in Bengali
- traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians
- ঐতিহ্যবাহী চিকিৎসাবিজ্ঞান ōitijjhobahi cikitśabiggên
folk medicine in Malayalam
- traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians
- നാട്ടുവൈദ്യം nāṭṭuvaidyaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- folk medicine in Kannada
- ಜನಪದ ವೈದ್ಯ janapada vaidya
- folk medicine in Punjabi
- ਰਵਾਇਤੀ ਦਵਾਈਆਂ ravāitī davāīā̃
- folk medicine in Sinhala
- සාම්ප්රදායික වෛද්යක්රම sāmpradāyika waidyakrama
- folk medicine in Assamese
- লোকচিকিৎসা lüksikitxa
- folk medicine in Arabic
- طب تقليدي
- folk medicine in Malay
- perubatan tradisional
- folk medicine in Indonesian
- obat tradisional
- folk medicine in Persian
- طب سنتی
- folk medicine in Vietnamese
- y học cổ truyền
Synonyms of folk medicine
Forms of folk medicine
| plural | folk medicines |
|---|---|
| alternative form | folk-medicine |
Origin of folk medicine
From folk (“believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous”) + medicine.
Questions about folk medicine
- What does folk medicine mean?
- Folk medicine means traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.
- What is folk medicine in Hindi?
- Folk medicine in Hindi is पारम्परिक चिकित्सा (pāramparik cikitsā). See Folk medicine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is folk medicine?
- Folk medicine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce folk medicine?
- Folk medicine is pronounced /ˌfəʊk ˈmɛd(ɪ)s(ɪ)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of folk medicine?
- The plural of folk medicine is folk medicines.
Words near folk medicine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: folk medicine (page history and authors); folk medicine (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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