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Proper Noun

1. 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."

Synonyms

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abu ali al husain ibn abdallah ibn sina

Example

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"Avicenna was not Muslim, contrary to what they say."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Avicenna, from Arabic اِبْن سِينَا (ibn sīnā).

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