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Yunani, a.|juːˈnɑːnɪ|
Also Unani.
[a. Arab. yūnāni, lit. ‘Greek’.]
Designating a Western system of medicine (opp. Ayurvedic a.). Occas. also applied to other disciplines (see quot. 1958).
1922[see Ayurvedic a.]. 1958O. Caroe Pathans iii. 45 The Yunani or Greek lore which so largely influenced Islamic literae humaniores. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 3 June 684/2 The traditional Hindu (Ayurvedic), Muslim (Unani) and Chinese medicine... Unani is Arabic for ‘Ionian’ and thus declares its descent from Greek medical thought. 1979Social Sci. & Med. XIII.B. 339 Yūnāni medicine which lasted for a few centuries in the court of medieval Baghdad. 1979V. Mehta Mamaji iii. 39 The Unani system, which is based on ancient Greek medicine and relies on metallic compounds. |