Western medicine

American  

[wes-tern med-uh-sin] / ˈwɛs tərn ˈmɛd ə sɪn /

noun

1. the practice of medicine originating in the West and based on scientific principles.

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Example Sentences

After discovering veterinary acupuncture a decade ago, she eventually left Western medicine behind to launch a mobile practice sticking needles in dogs and cats.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The astounding discovery that could link Eastern and Western medicine.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Ancient Chinese medicine techniques have gone viral on TikTok, capturing the attention of Gen Z. “People are more willing to look outside the Western medicine model,” McDaniel explains.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Kurvilla, who studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and taught global health policy at Boston University, said that "40 percent or more of biomedical Western medicine, pharmaceuticals, derive from natural products".

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

For all these reasons, the population of traditional New Guinea never exceeded 1,000,000 until European colonial governments brought Western medicine and the end of intertribal warfare.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond