Med. [f. Gr. ἀνάτριψις rubbing, friction (see next) + -OLOGY. Syd. Soc. Lex. gives also Anatriptology.] The scientific consideration of the remedial use of friction.
1839. Hooper, Med. Dict., 102. Anatripsology, A treatise on the use of friction.
1853. in Mayne.
1879. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
