Hippocrates

[ hi-pok-ruh-teez ]

/ hɪˈpɒk rəˌtiz /

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noun

"Father of Medicine", c460–c377 b.c., Greek physician.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Hippocrates

Hip·po·crat·ic

[hip-uh-krat-ik], /ˌhɪp əˈkræt ɪk/, Hip·po·crat·i·cal, adjective

Words nearby Hippocrates

hippocampal gyrus, hippocampal sulcus, hippocampus, hip pocket, hippocras, Hippocrates, Hippocratic, Hippocratic facies, hippocratic finger, hippocratic nail, Hippocratic oath

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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.
Why So Many Surgeons Are Psychos|Russell Saunders|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to legend, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, testified in the case of a woman accused of adultery.
The Strange Science Behind Virgin Births|Candida Moss|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Part 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 Chaucer

Hippocrates 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 Balzac
Hippocrates, for instance, has a number of recommendations of this combination for wounds.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine|James J. Walsh
Herophilos 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

Hippocrates

/ (hɪˈpɒkrəˌtiːz) /

noun

?460–?377 bc, Greek physician, commonly regarded as the father of medicine

Derived forms of Hippocrates

Hippocratic or Hippocratical, adjective

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Medical definitions for Hippocrates

Hippocrates

[ hĭ-pŏk′rə-tēz′ ]

Called the Father of Medicine. 460?-377? bc

Greek physician who laid the foundations of scientific medicine by freeing medical study from the constraints of philosophical speculation and superstition. He is traditionally but inaccurately considered the author of the Hippocratic oath.

Scientific definitions for Hippocrates

Hippocrates

[ hĭ-pŏk′rə-tēz′ ]

460?-377? bce

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.

Cultural definitions for Hippocrates

Hippocrates

[ (hi-pok-ruh-teez) ]

An ancient Greek physician (the “father of medicine”) who is credited with founding the study of medicine.