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Definition of Ibn-sina

1. Noun. 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).

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ibn-sina

ibex ibex ibexes IBHP ibices ibid. ibidem ibidem ibis ibis

ibises Ibis ibis Ibizan hound Ibizan Podenco ibn-Roshd ibn-Sina Ibn al-Haytham ibn Talal Hussein ibogaine ibogaine

ibogaines ibolium privet ibota privet ibotenate ibotenic acid IBR Ibrahim IBRD IBR virus Ibsen

Literary usage of Ibn-sina

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1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"The influence of Ibn Sina upon the thought of the Middle Age, among Arabs, Jews, and Christians alike, was wide and deep. Men like Albertus Magnus and ..."

2. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and by John Clark Ridpath (1903)
"... AVICENNA (corruption of Ebn Sina or Ibn Sina), an Arabian physician and philosopher, ... Ibn Sina ..."

3. Persian Miniatures by Harrison Griswold Dwight (1917)
"At this early age Ibn Sina made the beginning of his immense reputation. Nuh II was not the sick king in Bokhara about whom Matthew Arnold has told us, ..."

4. Dictionnaire Des Sciences Philosophiques by Adolphe Franck (1844)
"Partout on prêchait, dans les mosquées, contre Aristote, Farabi, Ibn- Sina. En 1192, les ouvrages du philosophe Al-Raon Abd-al-Salam furent publiquement ..."

5. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and ...by John Clark Ridpath by John Clark Ridpath (1898)
"... AVICENNA (corruption of Ebn Sina or Ibn Sina), an Arabian physician and philosopher, ... Ibn Sina ..."

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