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Letter I



Iatrochemistry \I*a`tro*chem"is*try\, n. Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles. [1913 Webster] more...
Iatraliptic \I*a`tra*lip"tic\, a. [Gr. ?; ? physician + ? belonging to the ? or anointer, fr. ? to anoint: cf. F. iatraliptique.] Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method. [Written also iatroleptic.] IatricSee also: iatroleptic more...
Iatromathematical \I*a`tro*math`e*mat"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine. [1913 Webster] more...
Iatromathematician \I*a`tro*math`e*ma*ti"cian\, n. [Gr. ? physician + E. mathematician.] (Hist. Med.) One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists. [1913 Webster] more...
Iberian \I*be"ri*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Iberia. [1913 Webster] more...
Iberis \Iberis\ n. A genus of Old World herbs and subshrubs including the candytuft. Syn: genus Iberis. [WordNet 1.5]See also: candytuft Iberis more...
Ibero-mesornis \Ibero-mesornis\ n. A sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Lower Cretaceous having a strutlike pectoral bone and vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds. [WordNet 1.5] more...