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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Medicine, Unani
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Medicina Unani
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Medicina Unani
Synonyms
English
:
Unani Medicine
Tree Number:
E02.190.488.510.500
I01.076.201.450.654.510.500
Definition
English
:
A modified Greco-Arabic medical system flourishing today as
unani medicine
. It was the product of Arab
physicians
and scholars captivated by Greek
philosophy
,
science
, and
medicine
. It is practiced today in India and
Pakistan
, largely as a type of
herbal medicine
. (From Magner, A
History of Medicine
, 1992, p136)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
specify geographic term only if relevant; do not capitalize unani in titles &
translations
History Note
English
:
97
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
HI
history
Record Number:
33099
Unique Identifier:
D019367
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