See Also: iatromathematical(medicine)
iatromathematical(dictionary)
iatromathematical school(medicine)

iatromathematical (iou)



iatromathematical adjective. E17.
[from mod. Latin iatromathematicus from Greek iatromathematikos, formed as IATRO- + mathematikos: see MATHEMATIC, -AL1.]
History of Science.
Practising medicine in conjunction with astrology. Only in E17.
Of, pertaining to, or advocating iatromathematics. M19.
iatromathematically adverb E17.
iatromathema'tician noun an advocate or adherent of iatromathematics E18.
iatromathematics noun (a) a work on medicine and astrology; (b) a theory or school of thought that arose in Italy in the 17th cent., according to which medicine and physiology were to be explained in terms of mathematics and mechanics: M17.