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practitioner
Noun
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A practitioner is a person who works in a profession or following a particular style or belief, especially related to health care.
Acupuncture practitioners use fine needles to stimulate specific points of the body.
The book should be useful for new and experienced practitioners of yoga.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
alternative
Adjective
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An alternative approach, way, source, etc. is not the usual one.
Do you have some alternative transportation in case the car breaks down.
They're not really a pop band. They're more alternative than that.
I recommend an alternative lifestyle.
alternative
Noun
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An alternative is something else that you can choose.
We only have two alternatives: stay here or go back.
St Mungo's shelter for the homeless offers a new alternative to sleeping on the streets.
medicine
Noun
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Medicine is something you put into or on your body when you are sick to make yourself healthy.
After I got out of the hospital, I went to the drug store and bought medicine for my ear problem.
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Medicine is the science of health care.
The school of medicine at the University of Western Ontario has produced some of the country's best doctors.
Many doctors go to Canada but find that they can't practice medicine there.