Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ibn-sina

1 sense of 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")