Meanings
galenical1
adjective
galenical2
noungalenical (plural galenicals)
plural galenicals
- A medicinal preparation concocted mostly from herbs or vegetable matter., like those prescribed by Galen; a simple cure.
Galenical3
adjectiveGalenical (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, 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
Origin
galenical · noun
Named after Galen, the Greek physician and writer of the second century.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian гале́нов препара́т
- гале́нов препара́т (galénov preparát)medical preparation
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