western medicine — noun uncount the type of medical treatment that is the most popular in North America and Western European countries, based on the use of drugs and SURGERY to treat SYMPTOMS (=signs of illness). In such countries, other types of medical treatment… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
western medicine — n [U] the type of medical treatment that is standard in Europe and North America →↑alternative medicine … Dictionary of contemporary English
western medicine — UK / US noun [uncountable] the type of medical treatment that is the most popular in North America and Western European countries, based on the use of drugs and surgery to treat symptoms (= signs of illness). In such countries, other types of… … English dictionary
Western medicine — A system in which medical doctors and other healthcare professionals (such as nurses, pharmacists, and therapists) treat symptoms and diseases using drugs, radiation, or surgery. Also called conventional medicine, mainstream medicine, orthodox… … English dictionary of cancer terms
western medicine — noun (U) the type of medical treatment that is standard in the west (1) compare alternative medicine … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
western equine encephalomyelitis — n EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (b) * * * (WEE) a form of equine encephalomyelitis seen in the western United States and Canada, and from Mexico to South America; it is less severe and has a lower mortality rate than the eastern type. In humans it… … Medical dictionary
western equine encephalitis virus — western equine encephalomyelitis virus a species of togavirus of the genus Alphavirus, which causes western equine encephalomyelitis … Medical dictionary
Western blot test — Western blot … Medical dictionary
Western blot — A technique in molecular biology, used to separate and identify proteins. Called a Western blot merely because it has some similarity to a Southern blot (which is named after its inventor, the British biologist M.E. Southern). There is also a… … Medical dictionary
Western blot analysis — see Western blot, under blot … Medical dictionary
