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Peripatecian

Peripatecian noun: a Peripatetic; an Aristotelian.

Noun

Peripatecian (plural Peripatecians)

  1. (obsolete) A Peripatetic; an Aristotelian.
    • He proceeds constantly from generals to particulars, according to the method of Aristotle and Galen, to which he strictly conforms, true Peripatecian as he was...1856, Pierre-Victor Renouard, History of Medicine from Its Origin to the Nineteenth Century, page 310

Forms of Peripatecian

pluralPeripatecians

Questions about Peripatecian

What does Peripatecian mean?
Peripatecian means a Peripatetic; an Aristotelian.
What part of speech is Peripatecian?
Peripatecian is a noun.
What is the plural of Peripatecian?
The plural of Peripatecian is Peripatecians.

Words near Peripatecian in the dictionary

  1. peripartal
  2. peripartally
  3. peripartum
  4. periparturient
  5. periparturition
  6. Peripatecian
  7. Peripatecians
  8. peripatellar
  9. peripatetic
  10. peripatetical
  11. peripatetically

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