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Hippocratic oath
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Hippocratic oath
n.
An oath of ethical professional behavior sworn by new physicians, inaccurately attributed to Hippocrates.
Hippocratic oath [ˌhɪpəʊˈkrætɪk]
n
(Medicine) an oath taken by a doctor to observe a code of medical ethics supposedly derived from that of Hippocrates (?460-?337), Greek physician commonly regarded as the father of medicine
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Noun1.Hippocratic oath - an oath taken by physicians to observe medical ethics deriving from Hippocrates
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Hippocratic oath
n → hippokratischer Eid, Eid m → des Hippokrates


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