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traditional_Chinese_medicine

traditional Chinese medicine

English

Noun

traditional Chinese medicine ‎(uncountable)

The medical theory and practices of Chinese culture, especially herbal medicine, acupuncture and osteopathy, for preventing or treating illness, or promoting health and well-being; abbreviated as TCM

Translations

medical practices of Chinese culture

Arabic: اَلطِّبّ اَلصِّينِيّ m ‎(aṭ-ṭibb aṣ-ṣīniyy)
Catalan: medicina tradicional xinesa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中醫 (zh), 中医 (zh) ‎(zhōngyī), 中醫學 (zh), 中医学 (zh) ‎(Zhōngyīxué)
Danish: traditionel kinesisk medicin
Finnish: perinteinen kiinalainen lääketiede
German: traditionelle chinesische Medizin f
Italian: medicina tradizionale cinese f
Japanese: 中医 (ja) ‎(ちゅうい, chūi), 中医学 ‎(ちゅういがく, chūigaku)

Korean: 중의학 ‎(jungeuihag)
Portuguese: medicina tradicional chinesa f, medicina chinesa tradicional f
Romanian: medicină chineză tradițională f
Russian: традицио́нная кита́йская медици́на f ‎(tradiciónnaja kitájskaja medicína), кита́йская медици́на f ‎(kitájskaja medicína)
Spanish: medicina china tradicional f
Thai: ยา จีน ‎(yā cīn)
Turkish: geleneksel Çin tıbbı
Vietnamese: Đông y (vi)

Synonyms

Chinese medicine