| Pronunciation: | hi'pâkru`teez | ||
| Sponsored Links: | |||
 WordNet Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | [n] medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic Oath (circa 460-377 BC) | ||
| See Also: | medical man, medical practitioner | ||
| |||
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Hip*poc"ra*tes\, n.
A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos,
about 460 B. C.
{Hippocrates' sleeve}, a conical strainer, made by stitching
together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth,
esp. flannel of linen.
| ||
| COPYRIGHT © 2000-2009 HYPERDICTIONARY.COM | HYPERDICTIONARY.COM |