Hippocrates
"Father of Medicine", c460–c377 b.c., Greek physician.
Other words from Hippocrates
- Hip·po·crat·ic [hip-uh-krat-ik], /ˌhɪp əˈkræt ɪk/, Hip·po·crat·i·cal, adjective
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How to use Hippocrates in a sentence
Whether or not Hippocrates ever actually said “First, do no harm,” the axiom is central to medical ethics.
According to legend, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, testified in the case of a woman accused of adultery.
Eclampsia, first described by Hippocrates 2,400 years ago, is the medical name for seizures during pregnancy.
Beyond ‘Downton Abbey’: Preeclampsia Maternal Deaths Continue Today | Eleni Tsigas, Christine Morton | January 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPart of the first aphorism of Hippocrates is—Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerHippocrates pointed out as one of the symptoms of consumption the spes phthisical or consumptive hope.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley
His only hope now lay in the warm friendship which for so many years had bound him to the Hippocrates of the sixteenth century.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacHippocrates, for instance, has a number of recommendations of this combination for wounds.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine | James J. WalshHerophilos had studied medicine under Praxagoras, one of the best-known successors of Hippocrates.
Education: How Old The New | James J. Walsh
British Dictionary definitions for Hippocrates
/ (hɪˈpɒkrəˌtiːz) /
?460–?377 bc, Greek physician, commonly regarded as the father of medicine
Derived forms of Hippocrates
- Hippocratic or Hippocratical, adjective
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Scientific definitions for Hippocrates
[ hĭ-pŏk′rə-tēz′ ]
Greek physician who is credited with establishing the foundations of scientific medicine. He and his followers worked to distinguish medicine from superstition and magic beliefs by basing their treatment of illness on close observation and rational deduction.
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Cultural definitions for Hippocrates
[ (hi-pok-ruh-teez) ]
An ancient Greek physician (the “father of medicine”) who is credited with founding the study of medicine.
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