holistic : Idioms & Phrases


holistic medicine

  • noun medical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factors
    • holistic medicine treats the mind as well as the body
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holistic theory

  • noun the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole
    holism.
    • holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
    • holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states
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