iatrophysical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to a 17th-century school of medical thought that explained all physiological and pathological phenomena by the laws of physics; opposed to the iatrochemical school.

Word forms

iatrophysical

Etymology

From iatro- + physical.

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