Fracastorius

[ frah-ka-stawr-ee-uh s, -stohr- ]

/ ˌfrɑ kæˈstɔr i əs, -ˈstoʊr- /

a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.

Example sentences from the Web for fracastorius

A good idea of the accomplishment of the medical teachers of the time may be judged very well from the life of Fracastorius.

The Century of Columbus |James J. Walsh
Fracastorius, and nearly all those who have entered into any refined inquiry upon the subject, adopt the first.

Novum Organum |Francis Bacon
The typhus of modern times is the same as that described by Fracastorius and Cordames.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley
The celebrated poem of Fracastorius deserves to be read both for its fine Latinity and for its information.

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) |John Addington Symonds