Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That part of medical science which treats of the humors of the body.
- noun The study of the origin and properties of aqueous vapor, including its evaporation, condensation, pressure, relative humidity, density, weight, and all the relations of vapor or moisture to the atmosphere.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The science which treats of the fluids of the body.
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- noun medicine The
science that deals with thefluids of thebody .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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A very thorough diagnosis of the weather, including a rapid sketch by Düspeptos of the leading principles of caloric, pneumatics, and hygrology; 3.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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