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Rhazes

Rhazes proper noun: a Persian polymath and physician of the eighth and ninth centuries; Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī.

Proper noun

Rhazes

  1. A Persian polymath and physician of the eighth and ninth centuries; Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī.
    Synonyms:
    Razi, al-Razi

Synonyms of Rhazes

Origin of Rhazes

From Latin Rhazes, from Arabic اَلرَّازِي (ar-rāzī), from Persian رازی (râzi), a surname meaning from Ray.

Questions about Rhazes

What does Rhazes mean?
Rhazes means a Persian polymath and physician of the eighth and ninth centuries; Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī.
What part of speech is Rhazes?
Rhazes is a proper noun.

Words near Rhazes in the dictionary

  1. rhatany
  2. rhathymia
  3. rhatid
  4. Rhay
  5. Rhayader
  6. Rhazes
  7. rhazine
  8. rhazinicine
  9. rhb
  10. rhbs
  11. RHCA

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