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Avicenna

noun
1.
Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037).  Synonyms: Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina, ibn-Sina.





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... 28. Avicen, or Avicenna, was among the distinguished physicians of the Arabian school in the eleventh century, and very popular in the Middle Ages. His great work was called "Canon Medicinae," and was divided ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer


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