Ayurvedistn.
/ˌʌɪəˈveɪdɪst/, /ˌʌɪəˈviːdɪst/, /ˌʌɪəˈvɛdɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌaɪərˈˌveɪdəst/, /ˈˌaɪərˈˌvidəst/, /ˈˌaɪərˈˌvɛdəst/ A practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine.
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electrobiologist1852
kinesipath1860
Ayurvedist1950
orgonomist1950
traditional healer1958
1950 in Man (1963) 63 73 The Ayurveda lecturers—great and well known Ayurvedists.
1976 B. Gupta in C. Leslie Asian Med. Syst. vi. 375 The Āyurvedists of Bengal were at one time among the richest men in the country.
1977 Lancet 2 July 39/2 The Indian village doctors (such as Ayurvedists, Unanists, homoeopathists, herbalists, pharmacists and nurses) generally belong, by training and background, to a group which has few pretentions and fewer opportunities to join us (though this needs correction).
2000 India Currents (Nexis) 31 Mar. 26 Ma-in-law had just given frequent trips to ayurvedists and homeopaths and astrologers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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