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facies Hippocratica

facies Hippocratica noun: the pallid or shrunken face of someone about to die.

Noun

facies Hippocratica

  1. The pallid or shrunken face of someone about to die.
    • Your child comes into the world with the symptoms of death; the facies Hippocratica forms the character of its physiognomy, and the prognostic of its fate.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
    • Carew shifted his position, and once more looked anxiously at the haggard face on the pillow. It bore certain tokens which in his ignorance he fancied were characteristic of the facies hippocratica […].1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 191

facies Hippocratica meaning in Tamil

facies Hippocratica in Tamil

சாவணுக்க முகம்

Synonyms of facies Hippocratica

Origin of facies Hippocratica

Latin; so called because the effect was described by Hippocrates.

Questions about facies Hippocratica

What does facies Hippocratica mean?
Facies Hippocratica means the pallid or shrunken face of someone about to die.
What is facies Hippocratica in Tamil?
Facies Hippocratica in Tamil is சாவணுக்க முகம். See Facies Hippocratica meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is facies Hippocratica?
Facies Hippocratica is a noun.

Words near facies Hippocratica in the dictionary

  1. faciends
  2. faciendum
  3. facient
  4. facients
  5. facies
  6. facies Hippocratica
  7. facil
  8. facile
  9. facilely
  10. facileness
  11. faciliatory

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