'Hippocrates' definitions:
Definition of 'Hippocrates'
(from WordNet)
noun
Medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)
Definition of 'Hippocrates'
From: GCIDE
- Hippocrates \Hip*poc"ra*tes\, n. A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 b. c. [1913 Webster]
- Hippocrates' sleeve, a conical strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen. [1913 Webster]