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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hippocratic \Hip"po*crat"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.
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{Hippocratic face} [L. facies Hippocratica], the change
produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness,
excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. The
nose is pinched, the eyes are sunk, the temples hollow,
the ears cold and retracted, the skin of the forehead
tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent,
relaxed, and cold; -- so called, as having been described
by Hippocrates. --Dunglison.
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