holistic

Word family

1 RPconsidering a person or thing as a whole, rather than as separate parts 整体（论）的，全面的

a holistic approach to design

设计的整体方法

2. holistic medicine/treatment/healing etc MAmedical treatment based on the belief that the whole person must be treated, not just the part of their body that has a disease 整体医学/治疗/疗法等 → alternative medicine

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holistic medicine/treatment/healing etc• Finding a therapist to help you Many complementary therapies exist which are concerned with holistic healing.• The concepts of self-defense and self-repair are central contributions of holistic medicine.• She sent him books on holistic medicine and nutrition.• Herbalism: a holistic treatment involving the use of herbal remedies specifically chosen and blended for different conditions.• Paracelsus's influence on homoeopathy and holistic medicine is genuine, but the paracelsian legacy is much wider.• The second axiom of holistic medicine is that each person is unique and each program must be individualized.• It is usually called holistic medicine or holistic health.• In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.

—holistically /-kli/ adverbadv

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holistic• A recent Governing magazine article about at-risk youth illustrated the importance of a holistic approach.• Consider the extent to which the approach can be said to be atomistic or holistic, bottom-up or top-down.• In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.• This principle plays on the holistic nature of systems.• That can not be promised here, though a holistic perspective is taken on literary stylistics in addressing science fiction.• Also it promotes that holistic sense of the whole of life's experience being brought into harmony, including the discords.• As another example of its long-standing holistic view of quality management, Motorola has extended this same focus to its non-manufacturing areas.• Customer-driven systems also allow individuals to meet their needs in a holistic way, without applying to half a dozen different programs.

Origin holistic

(1900-2000) Greek holos “whole”

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

BNC: 12415 COCA: 9808

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