eucrasy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek [Term?] (“well-tempered”). Compare French eucrasie.
Noun[edit]
eucrasy (uncountable)
- (medicine, archaic) A mixture of qualities that constitutes health or soundness.
- 1683, Everard Maynwaringe, The Method and Means of Enjoying Health, Vigour and Long Life:
- a good digestion should follow; and it will be some days before the stomach recover its eucrasy again , and perform its office well
References[edit]
- “eucrasy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.