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GALEN
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• GALEN (noun)
The noun GALEN has 1 sense:
1. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)
Familiarity information: GALEN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
anatomist (an expert in anatomy)
Context examples
A group of veins that drain the infero-internal portion of the occipital lobe into the vein of Galen.
(Internal Occipital Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
This vessel may also receive blood from the lateral mesencephalic vein and empties into the vein of Galen.
(Basal Cerebral Vein of Rosenthal, NCI Thesaurus)
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