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HIPPOCRATES
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• HIPPOCRATES (noun)
The noun HIPPOCRATES has 1 sense:
1. medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)
Familiarity information: HIPPOCRATES used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
medical man; medical practitioner (someone who practices medicine)
Derivation:
Hippocratic (of or relating to Hippocrates or the school of medicine that took his name)
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