Ayurvedist, n.
Brit. /ˌaɪəˈveɪdɪst/, /ˌaɪəˈviːdɪst/, /ˌaɪəˈvɛdɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌaɪərˈˌveɪdəst/, /ˈˌaɪərˈˌvidəst/, /ˈˌaɪərˈˌvɛdəst/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
[‹ Ayurveda n. + -ist suffix.]
A practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine.
| 1950 in Man (1963) 63 73 The Ayurveda lecturers—great and well known Ayurvedists. 1976B. Gupta in C. Leslie Asian Med. Syst. vi. 375 The Āyurvedists of Bengal were at one time among the richest men in the country. 1977 Lancet 2 July 39/2 The Indian village doctors (such as Ayurvedists, Unanists, homoeopathists, herbalists, pharmacists and nurses) generally belong, by training and background, to a group which has few pretentions and fewer opportunities to join us (though this needs correction). 2000 India Currents (Nexis) 31 Mar. 26 Ma-in-law had just given frequent trips to ayurvedists and homeopaths and astrologers. |