iatro-chemical, a.
(aɪætrəʊˈkɛmɪkəl)
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
Relating to or holding the chemical theory of medicine and physiology adopted by Paracelsus and others: = chemiatric.
| 1832 Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1853) 252 The crudities of the Iatro-mathematical and Iatro-chemical hypotheses. 1892 Athenæum 6 Aug. 197/2 The history of the iatro-chemical period. |