Galenical
See also: galenical
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɛnɪk(ə)l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɛnɪkəl/, /-nə-/
- Hyphenation: Ga‧len‧i‧cal
Adjective edit
Galenical (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or supporting the principles and practices of Galen.
- 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:
- 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.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
Galenical (plural Galenicals)
- Alternative letter-case form of galenical
References edit
- ^ “Galenical, adj.1 and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1898; “galenical, adj. and n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
