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adj. - Combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole adj. - Tending to consolidate.

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  • The term integrative medicine describes a combination of conventional and CAM therapies.
  • The new wave of so-called integrative physicians have co-opted the term integrative, but is unclear to me what they are integrating.
  • I am a proponent of what I call integrative medicine, which is ...
  • You know, all of this is within this wide scope of what I call integrative medicine.
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