English Explanatory Dictionary

eclectic medicine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A branch of American medicine that made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Word forms

eclectic medicine

Etymology

Coined by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1784–1841), a physician who lived among the Native Americans and observed their use of medicinal plants.

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