Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine;
author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hippocrates
n 1: medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of
medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)