CHARCOT

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• CHARCOT (noun)
  The noun CHARCOT has 1 sense:

1. French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893)

  Familiarity information: CHARCOT used as a noun is very rare.

• CHARCOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Charcot; Jean Martin Charcot

Instance hypernyms:

brain doctor; neurologist (a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it)

 Context examples 

And of course then you understand how it act, and can follow the mind of the great Charcot—alas that he is no more!—into the very soul of the patient that he influence.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Nor in hypnotism—"Yes," I said. "Charcot has proved that pretty well."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)