FACIES HIPPOCRATICA meaning: Gaunt appearance indicating imminent death - OneLook

Usually means: Gaunt appearance indicating imminent death.

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facies hippocratica: Wordnik
facies Hippocratica: Wiktionary
facies Hippocratica: Dictionary.com
facies hippocratica: FreeDictionary.org
Facies Hippocratica: TheFreeDictionary.com

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facies Hippocratica: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Facies Hippocratica: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (facies Hippocratica)

▸ noun: (medicine) The pallid or shrunken face of someone about to die.

Similar:

Hippocratic face, masked facies, moon facies, pallor, facioplegia, hypomimia, pathognomic, phthisis, symptosis, leucophlegmacy, more...

Opposite:

normal appearance, healthy appearance

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Similar:

Hippocratic face, masked facies, moon facies, pallor, facioplegia, hypomimia, pathognomic, phthisis, symptosis, leucophlegmacy, more...

Opposite:

normal appearance, healthy appearance

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