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Hippocratic facies

/ ˌhɪpəʊˈkrætɪk /

noun

  1. the sallow facial expression, with listless staring eyes, often regarded as denoting approaching death
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The pain continues in paroxysms often so severe as to cause the peculiar Hippocratic facies, la face vultueuse of the French, and though sometimes ameliorated in character, it usually recurs with greater severity.

We may note too that this sentence almost immediately precedes what is perhaps the most famous of all the Hippocratic sentences, the description of what has since been termed the Hippocratic facies.

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