traditional weapon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Patients with these "cold" tumors often respond poorly to traditional treatments and have less favorable outcomes.
From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025
“I have helped many patients with TMJ pain and excessive grinding who have had no relief from traditional treatments, such as mouth guards.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2024
More traditional treatments attack both cancerous and healthy cells, but Herceptin goes after the root cause of a cancer’s growth by blocking the gene’s misbehaving proteins.
From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023
When traditional treatments don’t work, plasmapheresis, which removes or exchanges blood plasma from the body, can also be an option.
From National Geographic • Oct. 3, 2023
Practitioners of integrative medicine, Dr. Cassileth emphasized, do not seek to replace traditional treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation and surgery with “alternative” medicine.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022
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