different between iatrochemistry vs iatrochemist

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

English

Etymology

Back-formation from iatrochemistry.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ia?tro?che?mist

Noun

iatrochemist (plural iatrochemists)

1. Someone who practiced iatrochemistry.
   • 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow 2007, p. 374:

     Around 1604, Ribit and Mayerne helped a fellow Huguenot and iatrochemist named Jean Béguin establish a pharmaceutical laboratory in Paris, where he offered public lectures on chemical medicine.