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    The Hippocratic face refers to facial changes that occur due to impending death or long-term illness, including a sharp nose, sunken eyes, fallen-in temples, cold ears with distorted lobes, hard and stretched skin, and a pale or dusky complexion. Hippocrates first described this facial appearance that indicates death if the patient's condition does not improve within a prescribed period. The Hippocratic face is associated with the bodily wasting syndrome known as cachexia, which is often seen near death.

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    The Hippocratic face refers to facial changes that occur due to impending death or long-term illness, including a sharp nose, sunken eyes, fallen-in temples, cold ears with distorted lobes, hard and stretched skin, and a pale or dusky complexion. Hippocrates first described this facial appearance that indicates death if the patient's condition does not improve within a prescribed period. The Hippocratic face is associated with the bodily wasting syndrome known as cachexia, which is often seen near death.

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    The Hippocratic face refers to facial changes that occur due to impending death or long-term illness, including a sharp nose, sunken eyes, fallen-in temples, cold ears with distorted lobes, hard and stretched skin, and a pale or dusky complexion. Hippocrates first described this facial appearance that indicates death if the patient's condition does not improve within a prescribed period. The Hippocratic face is associated with the bodily wasting syndrome known as cachexia, which is often seen near death.

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    The Hippocratic face (Latin: facies Hippocratica) is the change produced in the face by impending
    death or long illness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like.

    "[If the patient's facial] appearance may be described thus: the nose sharp, the eyes sunken, the
    temples fallen in, the ears cold and drawn in and their lobes distorted, the skin of the face hard,
    stretched and dry, and the colour of the face pale or dusky…and if there is no improvement within [a
    prescribed period of time], it must be realized that this sign portends death."[1]

    The Hippocratic face is so called because it was first described by Hippocrates.

    A related term is cachexia, which is the bodily wasting syndrome often associated with death.

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