According to Galen, the four elements of Aristotelian science—fire, water, air, and earth—comprised the four major humors of the human body: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.
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Galen
Synonyms for "galen" (3 found)
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More general
3 entriesMore specific
2 entriesancient physicianmedical writer
Collocations
6 entriesGalen of PergamonGalen the physicianGalen's influenceGalenic medicineGalenic theoryancient physician Galen
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Γαληνός name (ancient Greek physician)
Arabic
1 entries- جَالِينُوس name (ancient Greek physician)
Armenian
2 entries- Գալեն name (ancient Greek physician)
- Գաղիանոս name (ancient Greek physician)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Гален name (ancient Greek physician)
Catalan
1 entries- Galè name (ancient Greek physician)
German
1 entries- Galen name (ancient Greek physician)
Italian
1 entries- Galeno name (ancient Greek physician)
Latin
1 entries- Galenus name (ancient Greek physician)
Old Armenian
1 entries- Գաղիանոս name (ancient Greek physician)
Persian
1 entries- جالینوس name (ancient Greek physician)
Russian
1 entries- Гале́н name (ancient Greek physician)
Spanish
1 entries- Galeno name (ancient Greek physician)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
It was well known at Barchester, and very well known to Dr Fillgrave, […] the Barchester Galen, that the great railway contractor was ill.
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