Conventional medicine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002041",
  "term": "Conventional medicine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A system in which medical doctors and other health care professionals (such as nurses, pharmacists, and therapists) treat symptoms and diseases using drugs, radiation, or surgery. Also called allopathic medicine, biomedicine, mainstream medicine, orthodox medicine, and Western medicine.",
  "synonyms": [
    "allopathic medicine",
    "biomedicine",
    "mainstream medicine",
    "orthodox medicine",
    "Western medicine"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/conventional-medicine/"
}