Avicenna
pronunciation
How to pronounce Avicenna in British English:
UK [ˌævɪˈsenə]
How to pronounce Avicenna in American English:
US [ˌævɪˈsɛnə]
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- Noun:
- Arabian philosopher and physician; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037)
Word Origin
- Avicenna
- Latinization of name of Ibn Sina (980-1037), Persian philosopher and physician. Full name Abū âAlī al-Husayn ibn âAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā al-Balkhī.
Example
- 1. Avicenna was also known to fuse philosophy and medicine .
- 2. Avicenna first there was the universal shit , then all the particular shits .
- 3. Avicenna 's pioneering work in neuropsychiatry was the dawn of understanding about the linkage between body and mind .
- 4. It was the home of avicenna , the physician whose widely translated the canon of medicine , completed in 1025 , remained the leading medical textbook in the west until the 17th century .
- 5. And the country 's history is rich with achievement , featuring avicenna ( also known as ibn sina ) , the medieval world 's greatest scientist ; muhammad al-khwarizmi , the ninth-century inventor of the mathematical algorithm ( the basis of computer science ) , and omar khayyam , the famed mathematician and astronomer .