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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

Ga•len n.

Latin, Ga•le•nus Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.

any physician.

'Galen' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Galenic - Galenic pharmacy - Galenism - carotid - galenic

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The better ones had studied the medical writings of Hippocrates and Galen, who claimed and offered

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