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    The Hippocratic face refers to physical changes in one's facial appearance that indicate impending death or serious illness, such as a sunken nose and eyes and pale or dusky skin color. It was first described by Hippocrates as a sign that portends death if not improved within a prescribed period. A related term is cachexia, which describes the bodily wasting syndrome often seen in those near death.

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    The Hippocratic face refers to physical changes in one's facial appearance that indicate impending death or serious illness, such as a sunken nose and eyes and pale or dusky skin color. It was first described by Hippocrates as a sign that portends death if not improved within a prescribed period. A related term is cachexia, which describes the bodily wasting syndrome often seen in those near death.

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    Hippocratic face

    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.

    References
    1. Chadwick, J. & Mann, W.N.(trans.) (1978). Hippocratic writings (https://archive.org/details/hi
    ppocraticwriti0000hipp/page/170). Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin. pp. 170–171 (https://archi
    ve.org/details/hippocraticwriti0000hipp/page/170). ISBN 0-14-044451-3.

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