when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- horses, not zebras
- when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras
- when you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras
Etymology[edit]
Coined by American medical researcher Theodore Woodward.
Proverb[edit]
when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras
- (medicine, informal) When diagnosing a patient's symptoms, common ailments should be considered as more probable than rare ones.
See also[edit]
- Occam's razor
Zebra (medicine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
