Hippocratic face

Hippocratic face

The Hippocratic face ("facies Hippocratica" in Latin) is the change produced in the face by impending death,cite web |url=http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/nine/18770921.htm |title=Dorlands Medical Dictionary:hippocratic facies |format= |work= |accessdate=] or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like.

The nose is pinched, the eyes are sunken, the temples hollow, the ears cold and retracted, the skin of the forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent, relaxed, and cold.

The Hippocratic face is so called because it was first described by Hippocrates.

A related term is cachexia.

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  • Hippocratic face — Hippocratic Hip po*crat ic, a. Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings. [1913 Webster] {Hippocratic face} [L. facies Hippocratica], the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hippocratic face — ● Hippocratic …   Useful english dictionary

  • hippocratic face — see under facies …   Medical dictionary

  • Hippocratic — Hip po*crat ic, a. Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings. [1913 Webster] {Hippocratic face} [L. facies Hippocratica], the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hippocratic facies — n the face as it appears near death and in some debilitating conditions marked by sunken eyes and temples, pinched nose, and tense hard skin called also facies Hippocratica * * * facies hippocratica a drawn, pinched, and pale appearance of the… …   Medical dictionary

  • face — 1. The front portion of the head; the visage including eyes, nose, mouth, forehead, cheeks, and chin; excludes ears. SYN: facies (1) [TA]. 2. SYN: surface. bird f. SYN: brachygnathia. cow f. SYN: facies bovina …   Medical dictionary

  • hippocratic facies — noun Usage: usually capitalized H : the face as it appears near death and in some debilitating conditions marked by sunken eyes and temples, pinched nose, and tense hard skin …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hippocrates — Infobox Person name =Hippocrates of Kos (Greek: polytonic|Ἱπποκράτης) image size = 240px caption = Engraving by Peter Paul Rubens, 1638, courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. [ Harvnb|National Library of Medicine|2006 ] birth date = ca.… …   Wikipedia

  • Facies — A direct borrowing from the Latin, facies means face. * * * 1. [TA] SYN: face (1). 2. [NA] SYN: surface. 3. SYN: expression (2). [L.] acromial articular f. of clavicle SYN: acromial facet of clavicle. adenoid f. the open mouthed and often …   Medical dictionary

  • Ancient Greek medicine — The Hippocratic Corpus, is a collection of around seventy early medical works from ancient Greece strongly associated with the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates and his teachings. The first known Greek medical school opened in Cnidus in 700 BC …   Wikipedia

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