Part 5510

<h1>Iatraliptic</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I*a`tra*lip"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ physician + <?/ belonging to the <?/ or anointer, fr. <?/ to anoint: cf. F. <ets>iatraliptique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Treating diseases by anointing and friction; <as>as, the <ex>iatraliptic</ex> method</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>iatroleptic</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Iatric, Iatrical</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw><hw>I*at"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>I*at"ric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ healing, fr. <?/ physician, fr. <?/ to heal.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.</def>

<h1>Iatrochemical</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I*a`tro*chem"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.</def>

<h1>Iatrochemist</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I*a`tro*chem"ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ physician + E. <ets>chemist</ets>.]</ety> <def>A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.</def>

<h1>Iatrochemistry</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I*a`tro*chem"is*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.</def>

<h1>Iatromathematical</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I*a`tro*math`e*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.</def>

<h1>Iatromathematician</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I*a`tro*math`e*ma*ti"cian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ physician + E. <ets>mathematician</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Hist. Med.)</fld> <def>One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the <i>iatrochemists</i>.</def>

<h1>Iberian</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I*be"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Iberia.</def>

<h1>Ibex</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I"bex</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Ibexes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Ibices</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a kind of goat, the chamois.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also <altname>steinbok</altname>.</def>

<note>&hand; The Alpine ibex (<spn>Capra ibex</spn>) is the best known. The Spanish, or Pyrenean, ibex (<spn>C. Hispanica</spn>) has smoother and more spreading horns.</note>

<h1>Ibidem</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I*bi"dem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>In the same place; -- abbreviated <i>ibid.</i> or <i>ib.</i></def>

<h1>Ibis</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I"bis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ibis</ets>, Gr. <?/; of Egyptian origin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any bird of the genus <spn>Ibis</spn> and several allied genera, of the family <spn>Ibid\'91</spn>, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.</def>

<note>&hand; The sacred ibis of the ancient Egyptians (<spn>Ibis \'92thiopica</spn>) has the head and neck black, without feathers. The plumage of the body and wings is white, except the tertiaries, which are lengthened and form a dark purple plume. In ancient times this bird was extensively domesticated in Egypt, but it is now seldom seen so far north. The glossy ibis (<spn>Plegadis autumnalis</spn>), which is widely distributed both in the Old World and the New, has the head and neck feathered, except between the eyes and bill; the scarlet ibis (<spn>Guara rubra</spn>) and the white ibis (<spn>G. alba</spn>) inhabit the West Indies and South America, and are rarely found in the United States. The wood ibis (<spn>Tantalus loculator</spn>) of America belongs to the Stork family (<spn>Ciconid\'91</spn>). See <er>Wood ibis</er>.</note>

<h1>-ible</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>-i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. See <er>-able</er>.</def>

<h1>-ic</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>-ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. -<ets>icus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. -<ets>ique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A suffix signifying, in general, <i>relating to</i>, or <i>characteristic of</i>; <as>as, histor<ex>ic</ex>, hygien<ex>ic</ex>, telegraph<ex>ic</ex>, etc.</as></def>