Look up: pneuma

1. Pneuma
   Pneuma: The life-giving principle. According to the school of medicine in ancient Alexandria, life was associated with a vapor called the pneuma. The belief in pneuma was called pneumatism. In hindsight, pneumatism was an early attempt to explain respiration which is, indeed, the life-giving principle.
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2. pneuma
   In ancient Greek philosophy and medicine:1. Air or an all-pervading fiery essence in the air (which today would be identified with oxygen) which was the creative and animating spirit of the universe; drawn into the body through the lungs it generated and sustained the innate heat in the left ventric...
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3. pneuma
   (from the article `pneumatism`) in medicine, Alexandrian medical school, or sect, based on the theory that life is associated with a subtle vapour called the pneuma; it was, in ... ...separating the two chambers. A small proportion of this blood is further refined in a network of nerves at the base of the skull (in reality found ... ...
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4. pneuma
   Type: Term Pronunciation: nū′mă Definitions: 1. Air or an all-pervading fiery essence in the air (which today would be identified with oxygen), which was the creative and animating spirit of the universe; drawn into the body through the lungs, it generated and sustained the innate he...
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5. Pneuma
   (Gr. pneuma, breath) A Stoic, also Epicurean, concept signifying spirit, vital force, or creative fire in its penetration into matter. Sometimes understood as psychic energy, or distinguished as the formative fire-mind and the divinely inspired rational part of man from the more emotional, physical ...
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6. Pneuma
   `Pneuma` (πνεύμα) is an ancient Greek word for "breath," and in a religious context for "spirit" or "soul." It is given various technical meanings by medical writers and philosophers of classical antiquity, and is also used in Greek translations of th...
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7. Pneuma
   (Stoic) In Stoic philosophy, `pneuma` (πνεῦμα) is the concept of the "breath of life," a mixture of the elements air (in motion) and fire (as warmth). Originating among Greek medical writers who locate human vitality in the breath, pneuma for the Stoics is the a...
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8. Pneuma
   (album) Deep Elm Records --> `Pneuma` is the full length debut released by the New York band, Moving Mountains. The album was originally self-released in 2007 but was eventually reissued with Deep Elm Records. The album was the creative product of multi-instrumentalist Gregory Dunn an...
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