Hippocratic adjective.
[hɪpǝ'kratɪk] In sense 2 also hippocratic.
E17.[medieval Latin
Hippocraticus, from
Hippocrates: see
HIPPOCRATES' SLEEVE,
-IC.]
1.
Hippocratic wine, =
HIPPOCRAS 1. Only in
17.2. Of the face: shrunken and livid (as) on the point of death (as described by Hippocrates).
E18.3. Of or according to Hippocrates;
spec. designating an oath stating the code of professional medical conduct and ethics, formerly taken by those beginning medical practice.
M19. ■ Hippocratian
[-'kreɪʃ(ǝ)n] adjective =
HIPPOCRATIC M19. ■ Hippocratical adjective =
HIPPOCRATIC E17. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲