Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 6 compound words that contain medicines. The most common are listed below. Open medicines in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- Prescription medicines
- alternative medicinesplural of alternative medicine: Any of various nonscientific or pseudoscientific medical methods and practices used either in place of or in addition to conventional (scientific) medicine.
- herbal medicinesplural of herbal medicine: An herbal drug or similar preparation.
- patent medicinesplural of patent medicine: A medicine that is protected by a patent.
- traditional medicinesplural of traditional medicine: A system of medicine developed before the era of modern medicine, especially one that is associated with a single culture.
- complementary medicinesplural of complementary medicine: Any of several therapies that complement (augment) scientific medical practices with those of alternative medicine such as acupuncture or homeopathy.
- bush medicinesplural of bush medicine: The traditional medicinal and health practices of Indigenous Australians.
- energy medicinesplural of energy medicine: A branch of alternative medicine based on the belief that a healer can channel healing energy into a patient by various methods.
- folk-medicinesplural of folk-medicine: Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.
- indigenous medicinesplural of indigenous medicine: The traditional medicine of peoples considered Indigenous.
- pseudo-medicinesplural of pseudo-medicine: Any system of treatment of physical ailments, or substances prescribed for such treatment, purported to be medical or supported by critical medical science but which cannot be shown to be effective
- heroic medicinesplural of heroic medicine: Any of the aggressive medical practices and methods used until the mid-19th century, particularly the dangerous and unproven treatments that were later replaced by scientific approaches.
- orphan medicinesplural of orphan medicine: orphan drug
- Chinese patent medicinesplural of Chinese patent medicine: Herbal medicine modernized into a ready-to-use form such as tablets, oral solutions or dry suspensions, as opposed to herbs that require cooking.
- integrative medicinesplural of integrative medicine: Synonym of complementary medicine; the unifying concept is of integrating alternative medicine and scientific medicine as two components that complement each other.
- preventative medicinesplural of preventative medicine: medicine given to prevent illness, rather than treat it.
- Ayurvedic medicinesplural of Ayurvedic medicine: Traditional Hindu alternative medicine, involving balancing three bodily humours of wind, bile, and phlegm.
- regenerative medicinesplural of regenerative medicine: Medicine that replaces or regenerates human cells, tissue or organs, to restore or establish normal function.
- allopathic medicinesplural of allopathic medicine: A system of alternative medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce opposite symptoms; the opposite of homeopathy.
Compound words 6
- biomedicinesplural of biomedicine: The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.
- ethnomedicinesplural of ethnomedicine: traditional folk medicine
- nanomedicinesplural of nanomedicine: The use of nanotechnology for diagnosing, treating and preventing disease.
- paramedicinesplural of paramedicine: That field of medicine practiced by paramedics.
- phytomedicinesplural of phytomedicine: Any medicine of plant origin.
- pseudomedicinesplural of pseudomedicine: Any system of treatment of physical ailments, or substances prescribed for such treatment, purported to be medical or supported by critical medical science but which cannot be shown to be effective