HIPPOCRATES

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

medical man; medical practitioner (someone who practices medicine)

Derivation:

Hippocratic (of or relating to Hippocrates or the school of medicine that took his name)

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