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10-10-25 RW Chapter 30 Terms and Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alternative Medicine | Any range of medical therapies not regarded as orthodox by Western medicine. |
| Ayurveda | A holistic traditional medical system originating in India that emphasizes disease prevention. |
| Biofeedback | The use of electronic monitoring of an automatic bodily function to train someone to acquire voluntary control of that function. |
| Chiropractic Medicine | Manual manipulation of the joints and muscles. |
| Complementary Medicine | A range of medical therapies that fall beyond the scope of Western medicine, comp to traditional medicine. |
| Diagnosis | A physician's recognition of a condition or disease based on its outward signs and symptoms and/or confirming tests. |
| Herb | Any plant that is valued for its aromatic, medicinal, flavorful, or other properties. |
| Homeopath | A practitioner of homeopathy. |
| Homeopathy | A therapeutic belief that dilutions of medical substances that cause a specific symptom can treat an illness that yields the symptoms. |
| Prophylaxis | Treatment or measure to prevent disease. |
| Synthetic Medicine | A medication made in a laboratory from chemical processes. |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine | Complementary and alternative medicine whole medical system that includes a range of traditional medicine practices originating in China. |