English word iatrophysical comes from English physical, English iatro- (Doctor; physician.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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physical | English (eng) | Physical examination. (computing) Not virtual; directly corresponding to hardware operation.. (obsolete) Relating to physic, or medicine; medicinal; curative; also, cathartic; purgative.. Having to do with physics.. Having to do with the body.. Having to do with the material world.. Involving bodily force. |
iatro- | English (eng) | Doctor; physician. |
iatrophysical | English (eng) | (medicine) Of or relating to a 17th-century school of medical thought that explained all physiological and pathological phenomena by the laws of physics; opposed to the iatrochemical school. |