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
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 希波克拉底誓詞／希波克拉底誓词 (Xībōkèlādǐ shìcí), 希波克拉底誓言 (Xībōkèlādǐ shìyán)

• Finnish: Hippokrateen vala
• French: serment d’Hippocrate (fr) m
• Galician: xuramento hipocrático m
• Hungarian: hippokratészi eskü
• Polish: przysięga Hipokratesa f
• Russian: кля́тва Гиппокра́та (ru) f (kljátva Gippokráta)
• Turkish: Hipokrat yemini
• Ukrainian: кля́тва Гіппокра́та f (kljátva Hippokráta)

See also

• do no harm