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Definition of: ayurvedism
(ä′y
r·vā′diz·əm) noun
Medical treatment by plants and drugs indigenous to India: so called from the Ayur Veda, an ancient Hindu medical treatise sometimes regarded as a fifth Veda. [<Skt. ayus span of life + vid know]
—a′yur·ve′dist noun
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