See Also: paracelsian(medicine)
Paracelsian(dictionary)
paracelsian method(medicine)

institutionalize (oh) and Paracelsian (iou)


institutionalize (oh)



old-fashioned to put someone in an institution for old people, a mental hospital etc
to make something a normal, accepted part of a social system or organization
::the struggle to institutionalize equality for women

Paracelsian (iou)



Paracelsian noun & adjective. L16.
[from Paracelsus (see below) + -IAN.]
History of Science.
A. noun. A follower or adherent of the Swiss physician, chemist, and natural philosopher Paracelsus (c 1493-1541), or of his medical or philosophical principles; an iatrochemist. L16.
b. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Paracelsus; iatrochemical. L16.
Paracelsianism noun the medical principles of Paracelsus M17.
Paracelsist noun = PARACELSIAN noun E17.