See Also: Hippocratic(medicine)
Hippocratic(dictionary)
Hippocratic oath(medicine)
hippocratic school(medicine)
hippocratic nails(medicine)
hippocratic fingers(medicine)
hippocratic facies(medicine)
hippocratic face(medicine)
Hippocratic oath(dictionary)
hippocratic succussion sound(medicine)

segreant (iou) and Hippocratic (iou)


segreant (iou)



segreant adjective. M16.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from French s'erigeant lit. 'erecting itself'.]
Heraldry. Of a griffin: with wings extended; rampant. Usu. postpositive.

Hippocratic (iou)



Hippocratic adjective. In sense 2 also hippocratic. E17.
[medieval Latin Hippocraticus, from Hippocrates: see HIPPOCRATES' SLEEVE, -IC.]
1. Hippocratic Wine, = HIPPOCRAS 1. Only in 17.
2. Of the face: shrunken and livid (as) on the point of death (as described by Hippocrates). E18.
3. Of or according to Hippocrates; spec. designating an oath stating the code of professional medical conduct and ethics, formerly taken by those beginning medical practice. M19.
Hippocratian adjective = HIPPOCRATIC M19.
Hippocratical adjective = HIPPOCRATIC E17.