Functional-medicine
noun
1.
individualized medical care that recognizes the interactions between genetic and environmental factors and between the body’s interconnected systems.
noun
a type of holistic or alternative medicine that analyzes and treats interdependent systems of the body in seeking a dynamic balance for good health
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