iatrophysics

iat·ro·phys·ics

noun pl but usually singular in constr \-ˈfiz-iks\

Definition of IATROPHYSICS

: physics combined with medicine—used of a school of medicine of the 17th century that explained disease and the activities of the body in terms of physics rather than of chemistry; compare iatrochemistry

—iat·ro·phys·i·cal \-ˈfiz-i-kəl\ adjective

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