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eclectic medicine en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (historical, uncountable) 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.