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Definition: HIPPOCRATIC FACE

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Expression 1. [L. facies Hippocratica], the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. The nose is pinched, the eyes are sunk, 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; -- so called, as having been described by Hippocrates. --Dunglison.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Extended Definition: HIPPOCRATIC FACE

Hippocratic face

The Hippocratic face (facies Hippocratica in Latin) is the change produced in the face by death, 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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Based on an entry in the public domain 1913 Webster Dictionary.


Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Hippocratic face". Image Credit.
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