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

A ritual dance ceremony performed as a form of therapy.

(medicine) The area of medical specialization concerned with aiding fertility and reproduction.

plural of medicine show

plural of medicine ball

The traditional medicinal and health practices of Indigenous Australians. / A plant, preparation, etc., used in bush medicine.

plural of bush medicine

(medicine) The principal subset of medical practice, comprising all aspects of medicine that happen at the point of care, as opposed to the aspects that happen in the clinical laboratory, imaging center, medical school classroom, data center, or other nonclinical settings; thus, for example, the radiology service and the pathology service are conceptually differentiable, such that the clinical components of the diagnostic process (e.g., history, physical examination, point of care testing) are categorizable as distinct from the nonclinical ones that interface with the clinical activity (e.g., radiologic interpretation, histopathologic analysis, data analysis).

(euphemistic, humorous) Recreational drugs.

(medicine) The practice of recommending a diagnostic test or medical treatment that is not necessarily the best option for the patient, but mainly serves to protect the physician against a potential malpractice lawsuit from the patient.