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Definition of "hippocratic" [hip•po•crat•ic]

  • Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "hippocratic" in a sentence
  • "Second, the hippocratic oath only applies to the TREATMENT given to the patient."
  • "This isn't a lobby group, it is doctors trying to fulfill their hippocratic oaths, but unless you are a doctor, you wouldn't understand the difference."
  • "Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, puts it succinctly with "Do no harm" in his hippocratic oath."