folk medicine

短语

[医] 民间医药

发音

UK /ˌfəʊk ˈmɛd(ɪ)s(ɪ)n/
其它
US /ˌfoʊk ˈmɛdəs(ə)n/

词形变化

folk medicines 复数

别名

folk-medicine

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.

    传统医学

    不可数 可数

    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)

  2. 2.

    A particular medicinal remedy used in such traditional medical practices.

    可数 不可数

词源

From folk (“believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous”) + medicine.

来源：wiktionary