Archiater

An archiater was a chief physicianof a monarch, who typically retained several. The term has also been used of chief physicians in communities. The word is formed of the Greek????, principium, "chief", and ??????, medicus, a physician.

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• This article incorporates text from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]

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