folk medicine
21folk — I UK [fəʊk] / US [foʊk] noun ** 1) folk or folks [plural] informal people in general A lot of folks are upset at the changes. a) people of a particular type or from a particular place Many of the older folk will remember Mrs Poynton. Will local… …
22folk — [fəʊk] noun I 1) folks [plural] informal someone s parents 2) [plural] informal people city folk[/ex] 3) [U] folk music II adj folk [fəʊk] 1) traditional in a particular region folk art[/ex] 2) based on the beliefs and methods of ordinary people… …
23medicine — n 1. medication, medicament, drug, pharmaceutical, prescription drug, officinal, prescription, preparation; over the counter drug or medicine, nonprescription medication, proprietory medicine; miracle or wonder drug, antitoxin, vaccine;… …
24medicine — n. method, science of treating disease 1) to practice medicine 2) to study medicine 3) aerospace, space; allopathic; alternative (BE), complementary (BE), fringe (BE); aviation; ayurvedic; clinical; community, social; defensive; family; folk;… …
25Medicine in medieval Islam — In the history of medicine, Islamic medicine or Arabic medicine refers to medicine developed in the medieval Islamic civilization and written in Arabic, the lingua franca of the Islamic civilization. Despite these names, a significant number of… …
26medicine — medi|cine W3S2 [ˈmedsən US ˈmedısən] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Latin medicina, from medicus; MEDICAL] 1.) [U and C] a substance used for treating illness, especially a liquid you drink ▪ Medicines should be kept out of the reach… …
27folk — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ decent, fine (esp. AmE), good, honest, law abiding ▪ common, everyday, normal, ordinary …
28Folk Life — Launched in 1963, Folk Life is the journal of the *Society for Folk Life Studies, and since 1973 has borne the subtitle A Journal of Ethnological Studies . Folk Life covers all parts of the British Isles, as well as including some articles… …
29folk remedy — /ˈfoʊk rɛmədi/ (say fohk remuhdee) noun a traditional cure which is popularly believed to be beneficial, though not part of orthodox medicine …
30Cunning folk — The cunning folk is an English language term referring to professional or semi professional practitioners of magic active from at least the fifteenth up until the early twentieth century. They practiced folk magic – also known as low magic –… …
