corpuscularian
nounEtymology From corpuscular + -ian.
1
Dated An adherent of the corpuscular theory of chemistry.
corpuscularian
adjUK /kɔːˈpʌs.kjʊˈlɛəɹi.ən/ · US /kɔɹˈpʌs.kjəˈlɛɹi.ən/
Etymology From corpuscular + -ian.
1
Obsolete Pertaining to or consisting of corpuscules; corpuscular.
2
Historical Related to the corpuscular theory; pertaining to corpuscules or atoms; atomic.
- Boerhaave promoted mechanistic disease explanation within a corpuscularian matter theory, seeing health in terms of hydrostatic equilibrium, a balance of internal fluid pressures.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 239:
- Derived terms
- corpuscularianism