Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hippocratic face

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: hip-po-crat-ic -face
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A face that appears drawn and sunken as a result of long illness or hunger.

Etymology

It was first described by Hippocrates.

Inflected Forms

Hippocratic faces (plural)

Synonyms

facies Hippocratica

Questions

What does hippocratic face mean?: A face that appears drawn and sunken as a result of long illness or hunger.
Where does hippocratic face come from?: It was first described by Hippocrates.

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