Siderism
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Siderism is a noun meaning (medicine, historical) The supposed curative effects of metals upon the body, in metallotherapy; metallotherapy itself.
Meaning
(medicine, historical) The supposed curative effects of metals upon the body, in metallotherapy; metallotherapy itself.
More Meanings
- A former system of natural philosophy that posited relationships of inorganic phenomena to organic phenomena and studied pendulums, magnets, and dowsing rods; developed by Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776–1810) and others.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metallotherapy, siderosis, siderite, siderophilicity, siderurgy, siderotil.
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