Medicine vs Ethnopharmacology - What's the difference?
medicine | ethnopharmacology |
A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
A treatment or cure.
The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
Ritual Native American magic used (notably by a medicine man) to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.
(obsolete) black magic, superstition.
(obsolete) A philtre or love potion.
* 1597 , , II. ii. 18:
(obsolete) A physician.
* 1598 , , II. i. 72:
(rare, obsolete) To treat with medicine.
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The scientific study correlating ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.
As nouns the difference between medicine and ethnopharmacology
is that medicine is a substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way while ethnopharmacology is the scientific study correlating ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.As a verb medicine
is (rare|obsolete) to treat with medicine.medicine
English
(wikipedia medicine)Alternative forms
* medicin (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- If the rascal have not given me medicines' to make me love him, I'll be hanged. It could not be else. I have drunk ' medicines .
- I have seen a medicine
- That's able to breathe life into a stone
Synonyms
* (treatment) regimen, course, program, prescription * (substance) drug, prescription, pharmaceutical, elixir * See also * See alsoDerived terms
* Ayurvedic medicine * clinical medicine * Edison's medicine * energy medicine * evidence-based medicine * folk medicine * forced medicine * indigenous medicine * medicinal * medicine ball * medicine dance * medicine man * medicine show * organized medicine * take one's medicine * taste of one's own medicine * traditional medicineVerb
(medicin)See also
* therapy * panaceaReferences
* Prescription Desk Reference,Prescription Drug Information:* * "
medicine" in the Merriam-Webster On-line dictionary * "
medicine" in the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia , Helicon Publishing LTD 2007. * * 1000 English basic words ----