Western medicine

noun

: the typical methods of healing or treating disease that are taught in Western medical schools

Examples of Western medicine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some are clinically supervised; others position themselves as complementary to Western medicine rather than a replacement for it. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026

Her own journey to restore her health through Western medicine and Eastern wisdom and love of alternative therapies led her to abandon her successful banking career and retrain in the Traditional Chinese Medicine which had helped her. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026

In contrast, institutionalized Western medicine redefined sassafras through laboratory experimentation, largely detached from these contexts of use. — Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2026

Florie’s synergistic approach relies on the expansive testing offered by Western medicine while taking patients’ qualitative symptoms into account. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for Western medicine

• biomedicine
• telemedicine