Search the Dictionary

The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious and frequent use of pure water, both internally and externally.

The branch of botany which treats of water plants.

A system of treating disease by baths and mineral waters.

The branch of physical science which treats of the geographical distribution of rain.

The science which treats of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc. -- Hy`e*to*log"ic*al, a.

That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.

A treatise on, or the science of, the preservation of health. [R.]

The science which treats of the fluids of the body.

A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism.

A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.

A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.

orms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize. [R.] The pressed Newtonians . . . refused to hypostasize the law of gravitation into an ether. Coleridge.

Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.

Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method. [Written also iatroleptic.]

A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.

The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.

A treatise on fishes.

To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation. Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers. D. Ramsay. Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves…