Galenic

See also: galenic

English

Etymology

From Galen +‎ -ic.

Adjective

Galenic (not comparable)

1. of, or relating to Galen, his followers, principles or practices, especially relating to vegetable preparations used as remedies.
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 53:

     He had emerged from a tradition steeped in Galenic scholarship.

Related terms

• Galenical
• Galenism
• Galenist

Translations

Translations

• Breton: galenek
• French: galénique (fr) m or f
• Italian: galenico (it)

Anagrams

• angelic