Iatrochemist

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ia + tro + che + mist

Origin

From - + chemist.

Full definition of iatrochemist

Noun

1. Someone who practiced iatrochemistry.
• 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow 2007, p. 374:Around 1604, Ribit and Mayerne helped a fellow Huguenot and iatrochemist named Jean Béguin establish a pharmaceutical laboratory in Paris, where he offered public lectures on chemical medicine.