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Hippocrates

/hɪˈpɑkrədiz/
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Definitions of Hippocrates
  1. noun
    medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)
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    medical man, medical practitioner
    someone who practices medicine
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