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iatro-
- a combining form meaning “healer,” “medicine,” “healing,” used in the formation of compound words:
iatrogenic.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of iatro-1
< Greek, combining form of iātrós healer, equivalent to iâ ( sthai ) to heal + -tros noun suffix
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Example Sentences
Pitcairn and Boerhaave were leaders of the iatro-mathematicians; and Mead was reckoned the last of its distinguished patrons.
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A second school of medicine, which superseded this, is called the iatro-mathematical.
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He accepted the main iatro-chemical doctrines, but gave most of his attention to applied Chemistry.
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Under the influence of Borelli, the school of Iatro-Mathematical medicine developed and it flourished long after him.
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