ibn Sina

[ ib-uhn see-nah ]

/ ˌɪb ən ˈsi nɑ /

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noun

Arabic name of Avicenna.

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British Dictionary definitions for ibn Sina

ibn-Sina

/ (ˌɪbənˈsiːnə) /

noun

the Arabic name of Avicenna

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Scientific definitions for ibn Sina

Ibn Sina

[ ĭb′ən sē′nä ]

Hakim Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah Also known as Avicenna.

(ăv′ĭ-sĕn′ə) 980-1037

Persian physician and philosopher whose medical textbook, The Canon of Medicine, is a comprehensive medical encyclopedia that remained a standard work in European medical studies until the 17th century.