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

Cochran, who is also a writer, created a company called Avicenna Development Corporation to house both his intellectual property and Beagle’s.

From New York Times

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 Literature

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

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

It’s also home to the tombs of great scholars, including Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna and the father of modern medicine.

From Seattle Times