Find the word definition

Wikipedia
Nymphodorus (physician)

Nymphodorus, (; 3rd century BC), a Greek physician, who must have lived in or before the 3rd century BC, as he is mentioned by Heraclides of Tarentum. He was celebrated for the invention of a machine for the reduction of dislocations, called glossokomon , which was afterwards somewhat modified by Aristion, and of which a description is given by Oribasius. He is mentioned by Celsus along with several other eminent surgeons.

Nymphodorus

Nymphodorus may refer to:

  • Nymphodorus (physician)
  • Nymphodorus of Abdera