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Webster 1913 Edition
Iatrochemist
I-aˊtro-chem′ist
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] physician + E.
chemist
.] A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.
Definition 2025
iatrochemist
iatrochemist
English
Noun
iatrochemist (plural iatrochemists)
- Someone who practiced iatrochemistry.
- 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow 2007, p. 374:
- Around 1604, Ribit and Mayerne helped a fellow Huguenot and iatrochemist named Jean Béguin establish a pharmaceutical laboratory in Paris, where he offered public lectures on chemical medicine.
- 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow 2007, p. 374: