'''Conventional medicine''', mainstream or scientific [[medicine]] is the main medical practice used in the current time. The term relates to [[Unconventional medicine|unconventional]] medicine.
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'''Conventional medicine''', mainstream or scientific [[medicine]] is the main medical practice used in the current time. The term relates to [[Unconventional medicine|unconventional]] medicine. Also called allopathic medicine, biomedicine, mainstream medicine, orthodox medicine, and Western medicine.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=conventional medicine|url=https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/conventional-medicine|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=24 November 2021|website=NCI Dictionary of Cancer}}</ref>