Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A system of therapy that relies on natural remedies, such as sunlight supplemented with diet and massage, to treat illness.
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- noun medicine A system of
therapy that avoids drugs and surgery and emphasizes the use of natural remedies (air, water, heat, sunshine) and physical means (massage, electrical treatment) to treat illness.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Feel free to sue anyone for defamation who calls naturopathy quackery.
Pharyngula 2010
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Feel free to sue anyone for defamation who calls naturopathy quackery.
Pharyngula 2010
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Naturopathic medicine (also known as naturopathy, or natural medicine) is a complementary and alternative medicine which emphasizes the body†™ s intrinsic ability to heal and maintain itself.
CAMLAW : Complementary And Alternative Medicine Law Blog 2008
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Naturopathic medicine (also known as naturopathy, or natural medicine) is a complementary and alternative medicine which emphasizes the body†™ s intrinsic ability to heal and maintain itself.
CAMLAW : Complementary And Alternative Medicine Law Blog 2008
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Given this model, introducing expert practitioners from naturopathy or homeopathy to empower patients with information may prove difficult.
Marc Stoiber: Who Will Own the Brand of Integrative Medicine? Marc Stoiber 2011
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Pamela Ferrell: Pamela is a hair and scalp specialist and a doctor of naturopathy who practices holistic hair care.
Karim Orange: Hair Me Out: The Road to Growing an Afro Karim Orange 2011
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The South Bend Seven find the real howler though — apparently 15% of this tax increase or over a billion dollars a year will be directed to naturopathy programs.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » In Case You Didn’t Already Know that California has Lost It 2010
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Pamela Ferrell: Pamela is a hair and scalp specialist and a doctor of naturopathy who practices holistic hair care.
Karim Orange: Hair Me Out: The Road to Growing an Afro Karim Orange 2011
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I'd love to have health insurance, but what is offered by my employer does not cover naturopathy or alternative care as a primary health care service.
Gregoire Blasts McKenna’s Health Care Reform Lawsuit « PubliCola 2010
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V.K. Gupta, the head of this library, known as the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), told AFP he hoped the database would provide a cheap and easy system to prevent "wrong patents" based on Indian naturopathy.
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