Hippocrates

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hippocrates \Hip*poc"ra*tes\, n.
     A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos,
     about 460 b. c.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Hippocrates' sleeve}, a conical strainer, made by stitching


        together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth,
        esp. flannel of linen.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hippocrates
       n : medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of
           medicine; author of the Hippocratic Oath (circa 460-377
           BC)