galen

incontável · nome próprio

A proper noun referring to the Greek anatomist and physician whose theories dominated European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130–200).

• 🇵🇹Nome próprio que se refere ao médico e anatomista grego cujas teorias dominaram a medicina europeia até o Renascimento (c. 130–200 d.C.).

1. Ancient Greek physician C1 formal

   A prominent Greek physician and philosopher whose medical theories and anatomical studies dominated Western medicine for over a thousand years.

   • Galen's work on the circulatory system was influential for centuries.
   • Many of Galen's theories were later challenged during the Renaissance.
   • The writings of Galen were studied in medical schools across Europe.

   🇵🇹Médico grego antigo