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Hippocratic
adjective
Hip·po·crat·ic
ˌhi-pə-ˈkra-tik
: of or relating to Hippocrates or to the school of medicine that took his name
Examples of Hippocratic in a Sentence
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The Hippocratic collaboration was one of many announcements from Nvidia’s 2024 GTC Conference, but this AI development was perhaps the most dystopian.
—Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
Daniela Rus: Should roboticists consider subscribing to their own Hippocratic oath?
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
The traditional tenets of Hippocratic medicine, which focus on the individual in front of the physician, have been, for all intents and purposes, abandoned.
—Richard T. Bosshardt, National Review, 26 Dec. 2023
Boiled wood chips; pre-Hippocratic medicine; an after-dinner mint in hell.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1617, in the meaning defined above
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“Hippocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hippocratic. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
Hippocratic
adjective
Hip·po·crat·ic
ˌhip-ə-ˈkrat-ik
: of or relating to the Greek physician Hippocrates or to the school of medicine that took his name
Medical Definition
Hippocratic
adjective
Hip·po·crat·ic
ˌhip-ə-ˈkrat-ik
: of or relating to Hippocrates or to the school of medicine that took his name
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