\Hip"po*crat"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.
{Hippocratic face} [L. facies Hippocratica], the change
   produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness,
   excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. The
   nose is pinched, the eyes are sunk, the temples hollow,
   the ears cold and retracted, the skin of the forehead
   tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent,
   relaxed, and cold; -- so called, as having been described
   by Hippocrates. --Dunglison.
{Hippocratic oath}, an oath said to have been dictated by
   Hippocrates to his disciples. Such an oath is still
   administered to candidates for graduation in medicine.