English Explanatory Dictionary

facies Hippocratica

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The pallid or shrunken face of someone about to die.

Word forms

facies Hippocratica

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Hippocratic face
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