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FACIES HIPPOCRATICA [1 record]

Record 1 2001-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A pinched expression of the face, with sunken eyes, hollow cheeks and temples, relaxed lips, and leaden complexion, observed in one dying after an exhausting illness.

OBS

The term "hippocratic facies" is recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)

Spanish

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