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iatromechanical

Syllables: ia·tro·me·cha·ni·cal

iatromechanical adjective: describing a school of thought that maintained that physiology and pathology could be explained in terms of physics.

Adjective

iatromechanical (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Describing a school of thought that maintained that physiology and pathology could be explained in terms of physics.

Synonyms of iatromechanical

Origin of iatromechanical

From iatro- + mechanical.

Questions about iatromechanical

What does iatromechanical mean?
Iatromechanical means describing a school of thought that maintained that physiology and pathology could be explained in terms of physics.
What part of speech is iatromechanical?
Iatromechanical is an adjective.

Words near iatromechanical in the dictionary

  1. iatrology
  2. iatromathematical
  3. iatromathematician
  4. iatromathematicians
  5. iatromathematics
  6. iatromechanical
  7. iatromechanist
  8. iatromechanists
  9. iatromedical
  10. iatromedicine
  11. iatromelia

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