Main Entry: Hippocratic facies Function: noun : the face as it appears near death and in some debilitating conditions marked by sunken eyes and temples, pinched nose, andtense hard skin called also facies Hippocratica
hippocratic facies hip·po·crat·ic facies (hĭp'ə-krāt'ĭk) n. A pinched expression of the face, with sunken eyes, hollow cheeks and temples, and relaxed lips, observed in one dying after an exhausting illness. Also called hippocratic face.
