Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun abu_ali_al-husain_ibn_abdallah_ibn_sina

1 sense of abu ali al-husain ibn abdallah ibn sina

Sense 1
Avicenna, ibn-Sina, Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina -- (Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037))
       INSTANCE OF=> philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)
       INSTANCE OF=> doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico -- (a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor")