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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The supposed curative effects of metals upon the body, in metallotherapy; metallotherapy itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
From sidero- (“star-related”) + -ism.
From sidero- (“iron-related”) + -ism.
