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iatromathematical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ʌɪˌat.ɹə(ʊ).ma.θəˈma.ti.kəl/ (UK)
• /aɪˌæt.ɹoʊ.mæ.θəˈmæ.tɪ.kəl/ (US)
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Etymology

From iatro- + mathematical.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a practice of medicine in conjunction with astrology.
   • Paracelsus goes farther, and will have his physician predestinated to this man's cure, this malady, and time of cure, the scheme of each geniture inspected, gathering of herbs, of administering, astrologically observed; in which Thurnesserus and some iatromathematical professors are too superstitious in my judgment. , II.i.4.1
2. (archaic) Pertaining to a theory or practice of medicine founded on mathematical principles.

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