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Hippocratic

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Hip·poc·ra·tes  (h-pkr-tz) Called "the Father of Medicine." 460?-377? b.c.
Greek physician who laid the foundations of scientific medicine by freeing medical study from the constraints of philosophical speculation and superstition. He is traditionally but inaccurately considered the author of the Hippocratic oath.
Hippo·cratic (hp-krtk) adj.
Hippocratic [ˌhɪpəˈkrætɪk], "Hippo'cratical [ˌhɪpəˈkrætɪkəl]
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(Medicine) of or relating to Hippocrates, the Greek physician (?460-?377 bc)
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Adj.1.Hippocratic - of or relating to Hippocrates or the school of medicine that took his name
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Hippocratic [ˌhɪpəʊˈkrætɪk] ADJ Hippocratic oath → juramento m hipocrático
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