Noun: Paracelsus ,per-u'sel-sus [N. Amer], ,pa-ru'sel-sus [Brit]
- Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humours) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)
- Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim
Type of: doc [informal], doctor, Dr., MD, medico [informal], physician, sawbones [informal]
Encyclopedia: Paracelsus, Theophrastus