iatrophysics

iatrophysics
Physics as applied to medicine.

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iat·ro·phys·ics -'fiz-iks n pl but usu sing in constr 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 -'fiz-i-kəl adj

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iat·ro·phys·ics (i-at″ro-fizґiks) [iatro- + physics] the physics of medicine or of medical and surgical treatment.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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