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Definition of Spagyric
1. a. Chemical; alchemical.
2. n. A spagyrist.
Definition of Spagyric
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to alchemical methods of making herbal medicines, such as adding ash of a burned plant to an extract thereof. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spagyric
1. a person skilled in alchemy [n -S]
Medical Definition of Spagyric
1. Relating to the paracelsian or alchemical system of medicine, which stressed the treatment of disease by various types of chemical substances. Origin: G. Spao, to tear open, + ageiro, to collect (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spagyric
Literary usage of Spagyric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus by Paracelsus (1894)
"CONCERNING THE VISIBLE AND LOCAL INSTRUMENTS : AND FIRST OF ALL CONCERNING THE
spagyric UTERUS. Before we come to the matter, we must describe in order all ..."
2. Annals of Medical History by Francis Randolph Packard (1921)
"... as "including in his library works of the spagyric school. ... The earliest
use of the word "spagyric " given in the New English Dictionary is ..."
3. Yale Studies in English edited by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Yale university New Haven (1903)
"He goes on to define the practitioner of spagyric art: ... Alch., is to similar
effect: ' spagyric Science is that which teaches the division and resolu- ..."
4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1892)
"I praise," he says, " the spagyric physicians ; for they do not go about idling and
... To our credit it must be admitted, we are mostly of the " spagyric ..."
5. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"His pavilion is erected here, his flag prosperously hoisted : Mason-lodges have
long ears ; he is distributing, as has now become his wont, spagyric Food, ..."
6. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"His pavilion is erected here, his flag prosperously hoisted : Mason-lodges have
long ears ; he is distributing, as has now become his wont, spagyric Food, ..."
7. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"His pavilion is erected here, his flag prosperously hoisted : Mason-lodges have
long ears ; he is distributing, as has now become his wont, spagyric Food, ..."
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