| hippocratic nails | The coarse curved nail's capping clubbed digits (hippocratic fingers). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hippocratic oath | The oath which all medical doctors take upon graduation from medical school, during commencement, on the duties, obligations, and ethics of those who practice medicine. The oath is attributed to Hippocrates of Cos, a Greek physician known as the father of medicine. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hippocratic school | The followers of the teachings of Hippocrates. See: dogmatic school. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hippocratic succussion sound | A splashing sound elicited by shaking a patient with hydro-or pyopneumothorax, the physician's ear being applied to the chest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hippocratism | A system of medicine, attributed to Hippocrates and his disciples, based on the imitation of nature's processes in the therapeutic management of disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hippocrepian | <zoology> One of an order of fresh water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolaema. See: Hippocrepiform. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hippocrepiform | <botany> Shaped like a horseshoe. Origin: Gr. Horse + shoe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hippodrome | 1. A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races. 2. An arena for equestrian performances; a circus. Origin: L. Hippodromos, Gr.; horse + course, fr. To run: cf. F. Hippodrome. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hippogriff | A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin. Origin: F. Hippogriffe; cf. It. Ippogrifo. See Hippopotamus, Griffon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hippopathology | <study> The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse. Origin: Gr. Horse + E. Pathology: cf. F. Hippopathologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hippophagous | Feeding on horseflesh; said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars. Origin: Gr. Horse + to eat: cf. F. Hippophage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hippopotamus | Origin: L, from Gr.; horse + river. Cf. Equine. <zoology> A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hippotomy | Anatomy of the horse. Origin: Gr. Horse + to cut: cf. F. Hippotomie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hippurate | A salt or ester of hippuric acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hippuria | The excretion of an abnormally large amount of hippuric acid in the urine. (05 Mar 2000) |