Lingism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kinesiatrics \Kin`e*si*at"rics\, n. [Gr. (?) motion (fr. kinei^n
     to move) + (?) pertaining to medicine, fr. (?) a physician.]
     (Med.)
     A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements;
     -- also termed {kinesitherapy}, {kinesipathy}, {lingism}, and
     the {movement cure}.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lingism \Ling"ism\ (l[i^]ng"[i^]z'm), n.
     A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by
     gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See
     {Kinesiatrics}.
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