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14341 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 …
14342 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.)).
14343 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 …
14344 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.)).
14345 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 …
14346 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.
14347 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").
14348 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").
14349 Etymology dictionary, p. nostalgia (n.).3
… "to heal," Old English genesen "to recover"). French nostalgie is in French army medical manuals by 1754.
14350 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 …
14351 Etymology dictionary, p. panacea (n.).2
… would heal all illnesses, from Greek panakeia "cure-all," from panakēs "all-healing," from pan- "all" (see pan- ) + akos "cure," from iasthai "to heal" (see -iatric ). Earlier in English …
14352 Etymology dictionary, p. peony (n.).2
… plant's healing qualities (see paean ). The root, flowers, and seeds formerly were used in medicine. The modern spelling is from 16c.
14353 Etymology dictionary, p. pharmacy (n.).2
… "a healing or harmful medicine, a healing or poisonous herb; a drug, poisonous potion; magic (potion), dye, raw material for physical or chemical processing."
14354 Etymology dictionary, p. physic (n.).2
… , "a healing potion;" early 14c., "natural science;" mid-14c. "healthful regimen;" late 14c., "the art of healing, medical science or theory;" from Old French fisike "natural …
14355 Etymology dictionary, p. physician (n.).2
… of healing disease and of preserving health, doctor of medicine" (as distinguished from a surgeon ), from Old French fisiciien "physician, doctor, sage" (12c., Modern …
14356 Etymology dictionary, p. podiatry (n.).2
… ") + iatreia "healing," from iatros "physician" (see -iatric ). An attempt to supplant chiropody (see chiropodist ) and distance the practice from the popular impression …
14357 Etymology dictionary, p. psychiatry (n.).2
"the medical treatment of mental diseases," 1846, from French psychiatrie, from Medieval Latin psychiatria, literally "a healing of the soul," from Latinized form of Greek psykhē "mind" (see psyche ) + iatreia "healing, care" (see -iatric ).
14358 Etymology dictionary, p. Raphael.2
… has healed," from rapha "he healed" + el "God." Raphaelesque (1832) is in reference to the great Renaissance painter Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520). Also see Pre-Raphaelite …
14359 Etymology dictionary, p. rectification (n.).2
… remedying, healing, improvement;" late 15c., "action of setting someone right in conduct or action, the correction of that which is wrong or erroneous;" from Old …
14360 Etymology dictionary, p. rectify (v.).2
… cure, heal, remedy" (a bad or faulty condition); early 15c. "set (someone) straight in conduct or behavior;" late 15c., "correct an error, set (something) straight or right …