Avicenna
/ˌævɪˈsɛnə/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Persian polymath (c. 980–1037).
"Auicen saythe; There be certeyne medicins... which wyl not suffre poyson to approche nere the harte, as triacle and Metridate."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Avicenna was not Muslim, contrary to what they say."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Avicenna, from Arabic اِبْن سِينَا (ibn sīnā).