Avicenna

American  

[av-uh-sen-uh] / ˌæv əˈsɛn ə /

noun

1. a.d. 980–1037, Islamic physician and philosopher, born in Persia.

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Avicenna British  

/ ˌævɪˈsɛnə /

noun

1. Arabic name ibn-Sina. 980–1037, Arab philosopher and physician whose philosophical writings, which combined Aristotelianism with neo-Platonist ideas, greatly influenced scholasticism, and whose medical work Qanun was the greatest single influence on medieval medicine

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Avicenna Scientific  

/ ăv′ĭ-sĕn′ə /

1. See Ibn Sina, Hakim.

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Example Sentences

The Avicenna engineer, who has collaborated with U.S. researchers, says she and her family had to abandon their apartment in Kabul earlier this week.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 20, 2021

Nor can modern creations — such as the Avicenna Mausoleum in Hamadan, dedicated to the greatest scholar of the Islamic Golden Age — be omitted from any list of sites of Iranian cultural significance.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2020

When you travel to Uzbekistan, you will find out about the great scholars of the past, like Avicenna and Al Khorezmi.

From Washington Times • May 18, 2017

In the eleventh century, the Islamic polymath Avicenna reportedly recommended the placement of an electric catfish on the brow to counteract epilepsy.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015

This is why it was so easy for my mom and dad to become doctors like Avicenna, because your blood is a very complicated river of information inside every part of your body.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri