What does "hippocrates" mean?

A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs), notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine".

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A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs), notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine".
"The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates promoted wine for various purposes, including reducing fevers and dressing wounds."

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"Despite Hippocrates' very first exhortation, the history of medicine abounds in needless torture and bad counsel."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hippocratēs, from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs). Compare Middle English Ypocras.

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Hippocrates' sleeve lune of Hippocrates

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