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hippocratic oath

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
hip-po-crat-ic oath
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oath sworn by newly-qualified physicians that they will observe the medical ethics that derived from Hippocrates.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

Hippocratic oaths (plural)

Phrases

do no harm

Frequently Paired Words

do no harm

Questions

What does hippocratic oath mean?
An oath sworn by newly-qualified physicians that they will observe the medical ethics that derived from Hippocrates.

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