solidistn.
/ˈsɒlɪdɪst/ Medicine.
One who believes in or holds the doctrine of solidism.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > of specific schools or theoretical standpoints > concerning disease
localista1633
non-contagionist1824
infectionist1830
contagionist1831
solidist1842
naturist1848
neuropath1876
organicist1879
unicist1890
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 400/1 The doctrines of the fluidists.., of the vitalists and solidists.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 5 Physicians have distinguished themselves as Humoralists or Solidists.
Derivatives
soliˈdistic adj. of or pertaining to the solidists or their theory.
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > medical theories or doctrines > [adjective] > other theories or doctrines
empiric?a1425
empirical1569
dogmatical1596
dogmatic1615
Brunonian1781
Thomsonian1833
pneumatic1842
stœchiological1875
solidistic1876
biochemical1885
orificial1887
physiatric1897
naturopathic1901
orgonomic1949
bioethical1971
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 517 We nearly always discover that diseases of tissues and organs cause anomalies of the blood (solidistic pathology as opposed to humoralistic pathology).
1889 Lancet 30 Nov. 1123 The ‘solidistic’ notion of the all-pervading influence of the nervous system.
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