NOUN | person | Hippocrates | medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine |
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Sounds | hhihpao'krahtiyz; hhih'pahkrey.ts | |
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Rhymes | Achilles ... Yerkes: 115 rhymes with iyz... | |
Gates ... Yeats: 8 rhymes with eyts... |
Meaning | medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC). | |
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Instance of | medical practitioner, medical man | someone who practices medicine |
Spanish | Hipócrates | |
Catalan | Hipòcrates, Hippocrates | |
Adjectives | Hippocratic | of or relating to Hippocrates or the school of medicine that took his name |
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