Letter C

Conventional medicine

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Medicine as practiced by holders of M.D.

(medical doctor) or D.O.

(doctor of osteopathy) degrees and by their allied health professionals, such as physical therapists, psychologists, and registered nurses.

Other terms for conventional medicine include allopathy and allopathic medicine; Western medicine, mainstream medicine, orthodox medicine, and regular medicine; and biomedicine

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