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A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.

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  1. n. A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
  2. A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C. Hippocrates' sleeve, a conical strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen.
  3. A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about460 B. C. Hippocrates' sleeve, a conical strainer, made by stitchingtogether two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannelof linen.
  4. n. medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)