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单词 pneumatism
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pneumatismn.

Brit. /ˈnjuːmətɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uməˌtɪz(ə)m/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πνευματ- , πνεῦμα , -ism suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πνευματ-, πνεῦμα (see pneuma n.) + -ism suffix, originally after German Pneumatismus (1781 in the passage translated in quot. 1838). Compare French pneumatisme (1829or earlier). Compare earlier pneumatist n. and slightly later pneumatic adj. 5.
A belief in the soul, spirit, or life force; (History of Science) the theory or beliefs of the pneumatists. Cf. pneumatic adj. 5.
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > medical theories or doctrines > [noun] > other theories or doctrines
Galenism1728
Hippocratism1779
Ayurveda1789
rationalism1800
solidism1832
pneumatism1838
Arabism1847
organicism1853
Thomsonianism1853
physiatrics1858
unicity1861
stoicheiology1875
contrastimulism1881
pangermism1887
nihilism1900
naturopathy1901
physiatry1947
orgonomy1949
bioethics1970
1838 F. Haywood tr. I. Kant Critick Pure Reason i. 322 The advantage is wholly on the side of Pneumatism [Ger. Pneumatismus].
1853 C. Beecher Rev. Spiritual Manifestations 33 (subtitle) The dilemma, spirit or matter.—Pneumatism in defence.
1884 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 761 For fourteen hundred years ‘pneumatism’ under various forms was the accepted philosophic belief of the civilized world.
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Pneumatism..,doctrine of the pneuma or special vital principle.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VIII. 55/1 The concept of pneumatism had been suggested earlier [than 300 bc] by other commentators.
1993 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 113 322/2 Pneumatism has been grafted onto the humoral theory at a later stage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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