1) Ancient Greek medicine 2) Breath of life 3) English-language journal 4) Life-giving principle 5) The soul, to the Greeks 6) The world soul
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/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 active, generative principle that organizes both the individual and the cosm...
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneuma_(Stoic)
(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 ... ...
Found on
http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/82
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 ventricle of the heart and was distributed by the arterie...
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
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 heat in the left ventricle of the heart and was dist...
Found on
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=70240
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.
Found on
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=23460
(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 aspect of soul. In early Christian, particularly ....
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21203
No exact match found.
