iatro-

a combining form meaning “healer,” “medicine,” “healing,” used in the formation of compound words:
iatrogenic.

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< Greek, combining form of iātrós healer, equivalent to iâ ( sthai ) to heal + -tros noun suffix

Pitcairn and Boerhaave were leaders of the iatro-mathematicians; and Mead was reckoned the last of its distinguished patrons.

A second school of medicine, which superseded this, is called the iatro-mathematical.

He accepted the main iatro-chemical doctrines, but gave most of his attention to applied Chemistry.

Under the influence of Borelli, the school of Iatro-Mathematical medicine developed and it flourished long after him.

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