galenical
nounEtymology Named after Galen, the Greek physician and writer of the second century.
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A medicinal preparation concocted mostly from herbs or vegetable matter., like those prescribed by Galen; a simple cure.
Galenical
adjalso spelled GalenicalUK /ɡəˈlɛnɪk(ə)l/ · US /ɡəˈlɛnɪkəl/
Etymology From Galenic + -al.
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Of, relating to, or supporting the principles and practices of Galen.
- About 1540 the furibund character of syphilis began to disappear. Probably inherited immunity played a part in this as well as the fact that the Galenical physicians, stirred up by the assaults of Paracelsus, took a more active part in treatment.1890 February, Jas[on] G. Kiernan, “Anti-syphilitics of the Sixteenth Century”, in The Medical Standard, volume VII, number 2, Chicago, Ill.: G. P. Engelhard & Co., →OCLC, page 43, column 1:
- Derived terms
- Galenically