'Lingism' definitions:
Definition of 'Lingism'
From: GCIDE
- Lingism \Ling"ism\ (l[i^]ng"[i^]z'm), n. A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lingism'
From: GCIDE
- Kinesiatrics \Kin`e*si*at"rics\, n. [Gr. (?) motion (fr. kinei^n to move) + (?) pertaining to medicine, fr. (?) a physician.] (Med.) A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the movement cure. [1913 Webster]