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♦ folk /fəʊk/A n.1 (pl., anche folks) gente (sing.); persone: Her family were decent folk, i suoi erano gente per bene; Are there other folk around?, c'è altra gente qui?; Folks say that…, la gente dice che…; dicono che…; I like to listen to the old folk telling stories, mi piace ascoltare i racconti dei vecchi; ordinary folk, gente comune; country [town] folk, gente di campagna [di città]3 (al pl.) (vocat., fam.) gente; amici; ragazzi4 [u] (mus.) musica folk5 (antiq.) popolo; nazione; tribùB a.popolare; tradizionale; folkloristico; (mus., anche) folk: folk tale, leggenda popolare; folk culture, cultura popolare; folk medicine, medicina popolare; folk music, musica tradizionale; musica folk; folk singer, cantante folk; folk wisdom, saggezza popolare● folk dance, danza folcloristica; danza popolare □ folk dancer, ballerino (o ballerina) in costume tradizionale □ folk devil, male sociale □ folk etymology, etimologia popolare □ folk hero, eroe popolare □ folk memory, memoria popolare □ folk museum, museo etnografico (della civiltà contadina, ecc.) □ folk psychology, demopsicologia □ (mus.) folk rock, folk rock □ (mus.) folk-rocker, cantante (o suonatore) di folk rock □ folk song, canto popolare; canzone folk □ (fam.) the folks back home, gli amici a casa □ ( USA) the old folks at home, i genitori; i nonni; i vecchi (fam.) □ old folks' home, casa di riposo per anziani.
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folk medicine — fōk n traditional medicine as practiced esp. by people isolated from modern medical services and usu. involving the use of plant derived remedies on an empirical basis compare HOME REMEDY * * * the use of home remedies and procedures as handed… … Medical dictionary
folk medicine — n. the treatment of disease as practiced traditionally among the common people, involving esp. the use of herbs and other natural substances … English World dictionary
folk medicine — folk′ med icine n. hlc med health practices arising from cultural traditions, from empirical use of native remedies, esp. food substances, or from superstition • Etymology: 1895–1900 … From formal English to slang
folk medicine — noun Date: 1878 traditional medicine as practiced nonprofessionally especially by people isolated from modern medical services and usually involving the use of plant derived remedies on an empirical basis … New Collegiate Dictionary
folk medicine — noun : traditional medicine as practiced nonprofessionally by people isolated from modern medical services and involving especially the use of vegetable remedies on an empirical basis and the retention of outmoded theories … Useful english dictionary
folk medicine — health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, esp. food substances. [1895 1900] * * * … Universalium
folk medicine — /ˈfoʊk mɛdəsən/ (say fohk meduhsuhn) noun the traditional cures for illness which are not administered by a medical practitioner …
medicine — Folk medicine is an accumulation of very diverse techniques and beliefs, on which many layers of cultural history have left a mark; it could never have been known in its entirety to any one community, let alone one individual. The two primary … A Dictionary of English folklore
medicine — Folk medicine was available (Jer. 8:22) but knowledge of physiology was rudimentary the heart was thought to be the seat of moral judgement [[➝ Judgement]] (Job 27:6; Deut. 2:30). Diagnosis was haphazard. Disease was regarded as connected with… … Dictionary of the Bible
medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… … Medical dictionary
Folk religion — For religions sometimes described as folk religions or ethnic religions , see Ethnic religion. Folk religion consists of ethnic or regional religious customs under the umbrella of an organized religion, but outside of official doctrine and… … Wikipedia