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Avicenna

American  
[av-uh-sen-uh] / ˌæv əˈsɛn ə /

noun

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


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Avicenna Scientific  
/ ăv′ĭ-sĕnə /
  1. See Ibn Sina, Hakim.


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Right before the trial was set to begin, Cochran put himself and their company, Avicenna, into bankruptcy, which shielded it from litigation.

From New York Times Aug. 11, 2022

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

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

A small side table holds busts of Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Freud, and the eleventh-century Persian philosopher Avicenna.

From The New Yorker Mar. 16, 2017

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

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