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FACIES HIPPOCRATICA

\fˈe͡ɪsɪz hˌɪpəkɹˈatɪkə], \fˈe‍ɪsɪz hˌɪpəkɹˈatɪkə], \f_ˈeɪ_s_ɪ_z h_ˌɪ_p_ə_k_ɹ_ˈa_t_ɪ_k_ə]\

Definitions of FACIES HIPPOCRATICA

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Facial appearance indicating impending death.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A drawn, pinched, and livid appearance of disease, as seen just before death. So called from having been first described by Hippocrates.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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