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Definition of Iatrical
1. iatric [adj] - See also: iatric
Medical Definition of Iatrical
1. Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men. Origin: Gr. Healing, fr. Physician, fr. To heal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iatrical
Literary usage of Iatrical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the life of David Garrick by Thomas Davies (1780)
"... at their own expence, to attempt an improvement, under the name of a Tragic
Academy, for extending and regulating the- iatrical ..."
2. A Glance at the Physical Sciences, Or, The Wonders of Nature, in Earth, Air by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1852)
"... a pretty smart shock, similar to that from an e'iatrical machine when touched
by the two hands ..."
3. American Electrical Cases: Being a Collection of All the Important Cases by William Weeks Morrill, Frank Bixby Gilbert, Austin B. Griffin (1897)
"... was worn off so that when a dead wire was in contact with a live wire, and
there was a ground, the el iAtrical current was communicated to the dead one. ..."
4. Cheshire Notes and Queries (1888)
"Mr Thornhill was followed by Mr • ward, who ranked very high as an ac'or and
iatrical caterer, and after him Mr Neville. Stockport. ..."
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