relating to the curing of diseases by means of unguents
• (a.) Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method.
I·a`tra·lip'tic adjective [ Greek ...; ... physician + ... belonging to the ... or anointer, from ... to anoint: confer French iatraliptique .] Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method. [ Written also iatroleptic .]
iatraliptic, iatraliptics An obsolete term denoting treatment by inunction (administration of a drug in ointment form by rubbing to cause absorption of the active ingredient).