iatric, a. rare.
(aɪˈætrɪk)
[ad. Gr. ἰᾱτρικός, f. ἰᾱτρός healer, physician, f. ἰᾶσθαι to heal: cf. obs. F. iatrique.]
Belonging or relating to a physician or to medicine; medical; medicinal.
1851 Badham Halieut. (1854) 84 In an early age of the iatric art. 1853 Ibid. 346 The iatric liver of the cod. 1865 Englishm. Mag. Feb. 158 The iatric powers with which he [æsculapius] is credited. |