Avicenna

[ av-uh-sen-uh ]

/ ˌæv əˈsɛn ə /

noun

a.d. 980–1037, Islamic physician and philosopher, born in Persia.

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Rhazes, Haly-Abbas, and Avicenna were universally invoked and explained.

An Epitome of the History of Medicine |Roswell Park
Among the early Persian Philosophers, Avicenna alone attempted to construct his own system of thought.

The Development of Metaphysics in Persia |Muhammad Iqbal
Hence, said Avicenna, God cannot have produced directly all the world we see in its complexity.

A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy |Isaac Husik
That this is more than a mere coincidence is clear from the fact that Avicenna says Indi dixerunt.

On the Antiquity of the Chemical Art |James Mactear

Fen, s. chapter or subdivision of Avicenna's book called the Canon, C 890.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes |Geoffrey Chaucer

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Avicenna

/ (ˌævɪˈsɛnə) /

noun

Arabic name ibn-Sina. 980–1037, Arab philosopher and physician whose philosophical writings, which combined Aristotelianism with neo-Platonist ideas, greatly influenced scholasticism, and whose medical work Qanun was the greatest single influence on medieval medicine

Medical definitions for avicenna

Avicenna

[ ăv′ĭ-sĕn′ə ]

980-1037

Persian physician and philosopher noted for his Canon of Medicine, a standard medical textbook used in Europe until the 17th century.

Scientific definitions for avicenna

Avicenna

[ ăv′ĭ-sĕn′ə ]

See Ibn Sina, Hakim.

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