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Hippocrates sleeve

Hippocrates sleeve is the alternative form of Hippocrates' sleeve.

Meaning of Hippocrates' sleeve

Noun

Hippocrates' sleeve (plural Hippocrates' sleeves)

  1. A conical strainer of fine cloth used in the preparation of hippocras. It can be made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth.

Forms of Hippocrates sleeve

pluralHippocrates sleeves

Questions about Hippocrates sleeve

What is Hippocrates sleeve the alternative form of?
Hippocrates sleeve is the alternative form of Hippocrates' sleeve.

Words near Hippocrates sleeve in the dictionary

  1. hippocephalic
  2. hippocoprosterol
  3. hippocras
  4. hippocrateaceous
  5. Hippocrates
  6. Hippocrates sleeve
  7. Hippocrates sleeves
  8. Hippocrates' sleeve
  9. Hippocrates' sleeves
  10. Hippocratian
  11. Hippocratic

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