Hippocratic oath

English

Noun

Hippocratic oath (plural Hippocratic oaths)

1. (medicine) An oath sworn by newly-qualified physicians that they will observe the medical ethics that derived from Hippocrates
   • 2019, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, page 182:

     Technology doesn't have a Hippocratic oath.

Translations

oath sworn by newly-qualified physicians

• Azerbaijani: Hippokrat andı
• Finnish: Hippokrateen vala
• French: serment d’Hippocrate (fr) m
• Galician: xuramento hipocrático m
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• Hungarian: hippokratészi eskü
• Russian: кля́тва Гиппокра́та f (kljátva Gippokráta)
• Turkish: Hipokrat yemini

See also

• do no harm