different between iatrochemistry vs chemistry

English

Etymology

iatro- +? chemistry

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /a??æt.?o??k?m.?.st?i/
• Hyphenation: ia?tro?che?mis?try

Noun

iatrochemistry (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, medicine) An early branch of chemistry, having roots in alchemy, that tried to provide chemical remedies to diseases; alternatively, the application of chemistry to medical theory.
   • 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 53)

     A parallel bid to read the body in terms of the new science came from iatrochemistry.

Related terms

• iatrochemist, iatrochemical

Translations

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Etymology

First coined 1605, from chemist +? -ry. From chemist, chymist, from Latin alchimista, from Arabic ?????????????? (al-k?miy??), from article ???? (al-) + Ancient Greek ?????? (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), from ???? (khúma, “fluid”), from ????? (khumós, “juice”), from ??? (khé?, “I pour”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?m'?str?, IPA^(key): /?k?m.?.st?i/

Noun

chemistry (countable and uncountable, plural chemistries)

1. (uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
2. (countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
   • 1984, North American Lake Management Society, Lake and Reservoir Management: Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference (page 250)

     The aquatic chemistries of iron and manganese are similar; this “is reflected geologically in their common association in rocks of all kinds” (Bortleson and Lee, 1974).

3. (informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.

Usage notes

• Historical note: This word and its derivatives were formerly spelled chy- or sometimes chi- (i.e., chymistry, chymist, chymical, etc., or chimistry, chimist, chimical, etc.) with pronunciation depending on the spelling.

Meronyms

• See also Thesaurus:chemistry

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Derived terms

• biochemistry