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希波克拉底

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5-character word

What 希波克拉底 means

1. Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine

The characters in 希波克拉底

• 希xīto hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 克kèto be able to; to subdue; to restrain
• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…

Example sentences

• 安乐死与希波克拉底誓言相冲突。
  Euthanasia comes into conflict with the Hippocratic oath.