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14281 Etymology dictionary, p. -iatric.2
… iatrikos "healing," from iatros "physician, healer" (related to iatreun "treat medically," and iasthai "heal, treat"); of uncertain origin, perhaps from iaomai "to cure …
14282 Etymology dictionary, p. iatro-.2
word-forming element meaning "a physician; medicine; healing," from Greek iatros "healer, physician" (see -iatric ).
14283 Etymology dictionary, p. incarnate (v.).2
… in healing a wound) is from 1670s. Related: Incarnated; incarnating .
14284 Etymology dictionary, p. irremediable (adj.).2
"beyond remedy," mid-15c., from Late Latin irremediabilis "incurable," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + remediabilis "that may be healed, curable" (see remediable ).
14285 Etymology dictionary, p. Jason.2
… "to heal" (see -iatric ). The names were somewhat merged in Christian Greek.
14286 Etymology dictionary, p. leech (v.).2
"to cure, heal," c. 1200, from Old English also had a verb læcnian, from the source of leech (n.2). Meaning "to apply leeches medicinally" is from 1802 (implied in leeching ), from leech (n.1). Related: Leeched .
14287 Etymology dictionary, p. leechcraft (n.).2
"art of healing," Old English læcecræft; see leech (2) + craft (n.). Old English had also læcedom "medicine." A later word for it was leechery (c. 1600).
14288 Etymology dictionary, p. marshmallow (n.).2
… "to heal, get well" (the roots were used medicinally), from PIE root *al- (2) "to grow, nourish."
14289 Etymology dictionary, p. *med-.4
… "to heal, give medical attention to, cure;" Irish miduir "judge;" Welsh meddwl "mind, thinking;" Gothic miton, Old English metan "to measure out."
14290 Etymology dictionary, p. medication (n.).2
… , cure," noun of action from past-participle stem of medicare, medicari "to medicate, heal, cure" (poetic and Late Latin) from medicus "physician; healing" (from …
14291 Etymology dictionary, p. medicate (v.).2
… medicate, heal, cure" (poetic and Late Latin) from medicus "physician; healing" (from PIE root *med- "take appropriate measures"). Related: Medicated; medicating. The …
14292 Etymology dictionary, p. medicable (adj.).2
"admitting of medical treatment, curable, healable," 1610s, from Latin medicabilis "curable," from medicare, medicari "to medicate, heal, cure" (poetic and Late Latin) from medicus "physician, healing" (see medical (adj.)).
14293 Etymology dictionary, p. medical (adj.).2
… " (n.); "healing, medicinal" (adj.), from medeor "to cure, heal," originally "know the best course for," from an early specialization of PIE root *med- "take appropriate measures …
14294 Etymology dictionary, p. medicament (n.).2
… of healing," from medicare, medicari "to medicate, heal, cure" (poetic and Late Latin) from medicus "physician; healing" (see medical (adj.)).
14295 Etymology dictionary, p. medicinal (adj.).2
"having healing or curative properties, suitable for medical use," mid-14c., from Old French medicinal and directly from Latin medicinalis "pertaining to medicine …
14296 Etymology dictionary, p. medicine (n.).2
… of healing, cure, treatment, potion" and directly from Latin medicina "the healing art, medicine; a remedy," also used figuratively.
14297 Etymology dictionary, p. medico-.2
word-forming element meaning "of or pertaining to medical science; from a medical standpoint; pertaining to medicine and," used as a combining form of Latin medicus "physician; healing" (from PIE root *med- "take appropriate measures").
14298 Etymology dictionary, p. medico (n.).2
"medical practitioner," 1680s, from Spanish médico or Italian medico, from Latin medicus "physician; healing" (from PIE root *med- "take appropriate measures").
14299 Etymology dictionary, p. nostalgia (n.).3
… "to heal," Old English genesen "to recover"). French nostalgie is in French army medical manuals by 1754.
14300 Etymology dictionary, p. paean (n.).2
… of healing; originally the physician of the gods (in Homer), later merged with Apollo; literally "one who touches" (i.e. "one who heals by a touch"), probably taken from …