Iatrophysics or iatromechanics (fr. Greek) is the medical application of physics. It was a school of medicine in the seventeenth century which attempted to explain physiological phenomena in mechanical terms. It was related to iatrochemistry and was particularly associated with the work of Giovanni Borelli. ...
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Physics as applied to medicine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ī-at′rō-fiz′iks Definitions: 1. Physics as applied to medicine.
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iatrophysics 1. Physics as applied to medicine or of medical and surgical treatment. 2. The treatment of diseases by physical or mechanical means; physiatrics. 3. Physics combined with medicine; a reference to a school of medicine of the 17th century that explained disease and the activities of the body in terms of physics rather than of chemistr...
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