n. the branch of science involving astronomy and chemistry which studies the chemical composition, chemical reactions, and evolution of matter in outer space. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al a. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al*ly adv. [ PJC ]

a. (Pros.) Containing two trochees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ditrochaeus, Gr. &unr_;; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; trochee. ] (Pros.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; physician + E. chemist. ] A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. trocho`s anything round or circular, a wheel, properly, a runner, fr. tre`chein to run. Cf. Trochee. ] (Pharm.) A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ L. trochaeus, Gr. &unr_; (sc.&unr_;), from &unr_; running, from &unr_; to run. Cf. Troche, Truck a wheel. ] (Pros.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus. [ 1913 Webster ]