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单词 periodeutic
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periodeuticadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek περιοδευτικός.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek περιοδευτικός of or relating to a physician or traveller < περιοδευτής a physician, in medieval Greek also a traveller ( < περιοδεύειν to travel about, to practise as a physician or midwife ( < ancient Greek περι- peri- prefix + ὁδεύειν to travel < ὁδός way: see -ode comb. form2) + -τής , suffix forming agent nouns) + -ικός -ic suffix.R. G. Mayne gives a Latin form periodeuticus (see quot. 1857).
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Of or relating to a travelling physician.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Periodeuticus,..periodeutic.
1893 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Periodeutic, appertaining to periodeuta [Periodeutes, a quack who perambulates the country, a quack-salver.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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