SPAGYRISTS
\spˈad͡ʒɪɹˌɪsts], \spˈadʒɪɹˌɪsts], \s_p_ˈa_dʒ_ɪ_ɹ_ˌɪ_s_t_s]\
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A sect of physicians, who pretended to account for the changes that occur in the human body in health and disease, in the same manner as the chymists of their day explained those of the inorganic kingdom. Medici'na Paracelcis'tica seu Spagyr'ica, was likewise called Hermet'ica, because it was believed that the means of cure adopted in it had been found in the books of Hermes.
By Robley Dunglison
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.