Hippocratic

[ hip-uh-krat-ik ]

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adjective

of or relating to the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, or his writings or teachings:
The word rheumatology comes from the Greek rheuma and is mentioned in Hippocratic texts.
of or relating to the set of professional and ethical commitments traditionally made by those entering the practice of medicine, inspired by Hippocrates and his writings:
In the White Coat Ceremony, students recite the Hippocratic oath and are symbolically sworn into the medical profession.

The Hippocratic injunction to “first, do no harm,” should be scrupulously respected.

“There is an understood first ladies' version of the Hippocratic oath,” said Troy.

A frontrunner has to live by the Hippocratic Oath: first do no harm.

What unites these arguments is a belief that foreign policy must be Hippocratic: First, do no harm.

Indeed, the writings on this subject constitute more than one-eighth part of the entire Hippocratic collection.

One of these which prevailed throughout the Hippocratic works is that of Coction and Crisis.

Although he never dissected human bodies, he nevertheless corrected errors in anatomy held to by the Hippocratic school.

From all this it will be seen that Galen must be regarded as one of the earliest of Hippocratic dogmatists.

Throughout his metaphysical speculations Galen reproduces and amplifies the Hippocratic dogmatism.

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