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Definition of Hippocratic oath
1. Noun. An oath taken by physicians to observe medical ethics deriving from Hippocrates.
Definition of Hippocratic oath
1. Noun. (medicine) An oath sworn by newly-qualified physicians that they will observe the medical ethics that derived from w:Hippocrates Hippocrates ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hippocratic oath
1. The oath which all medical doctors take upon graduation from medical school, during commencement, on the duties, obligations, and ethics of those who practice medicine. The oath is attributed to Hippocrates of Cos, a Greek physician known as the father of medicine. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippocratic Oath
Literary usage of Hippocratic oath
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Assisted Suicide edited by Michael Bilirakis (1998)
"A lot has changed in medicine since the Hippocratic oath was first taken but some
... The function of the Hippocratic oath in today's society is the same as ..."
2. In the Shade of an Acacia Tree: Memoirs of a Health Officer in Africa, 1945-1959 by Frank L. Lambrecht (1991)
"... The Hippocratic oath During his speech before the graduating class of
1943 (Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene), the director of the Tropical ..."
3. The Jurisprudence of Medicine in Its Relation to the Law of Contracts, Torts by John Ordronaux (1869)
"CHAPTER I. THE Hippocratic oath. I SWEAR by Apollo the physician, and ^Esculapius
and ... Hippocratic oath ..."
4. Handbook of diagnosis, therapeutics, prescriptions and dietetics by Richard James Dunglison (1887)
"THE Hippocratic oath. THE following oath from the works of Hippocrates is so
frequently referred to that the medical man of the present day should be made ..."
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