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hippocrates

/ˈhɪpəˌkɹeɪts/

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What does hippocrates mean?

proper noun

  1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs), notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine".

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈhɪpəˌkɹeɪts/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/hɪˈpɔkɹətiz/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Pliny, Hippocrates, Aristotle and others, speak of various preparations made of his flesh, for the cure of many distempers.
William YouattThe DogProject Gutenberg ebook #9478
As Hippocrates long ago observed, if two pains are felt at the same time, the severer one dulls the other.
Charles DarwinThe Expression of the Emotions in Man and AnimalsProject Gutenberg ebook #1227
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But anything approaching a rational system of medicine was not established, until Hippocrates of Cos, the "father of medicine," came upon the scene.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
I can do no more than indicate in the briefest possible way some of the more important views ascribed to Hippocrates.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566
There is a possibility that some of these cases of Hippocrates were instances of pyloric carcinoma or of stenosis of the pylorus.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747