pneumatiste

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

pneumatiste

Etymology

word derived from Ancient Greek with the suffix -iste.

Definition

1. Name given to a medical sect founded by Athenaeus of Attalia, in Cilicia, in the first century of our era; it attributed the cause of life and, consequently, of diseases, to the action of pneuma or airy spirit, which modified solids and liquids.

See also

désaérer (v.) avion (cn.) air (cn.) aération (cn.) aéré (adj.) aérien (adj.) avionnette (cn.) aérage (cn.) aérer (v.) avionner (v.) aérateur (cn.) anti-aérien (adj.) Aire-la-Ville (pn.) antiaérien (adj.) avionneur (cn.)