American English pronunciation

How to pronounce galen

IPA transcription: ['ɡeɪlən]

Hear “galen” pronounced

['ɡeɪlən]

Quality: 1.00

['ɡeɪlən]

Quality: 0.99

['ɡeɪlən]

Quality: 0.83

Noun

  • Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)

Usage examples

  • Herridge was also president of the Nakusp-Galena Bay Telephone Company.
  • The town sits on a plain underlain by the Galena Limestone formation.
  • Galena also occurs in North African countries and at Mount Hermon in Northern Israel.
  • Galen was a philosopher, physician, pharmacist and prolific medical writer.
  • The King returns the amulet to Galen so that he might save Elspeth.
  • It is west of Galena.
  • Don Paco was the telegraphist of the town and Madgalena was a housewife.
  • Galen Weston next brought in Toronto designer Don Watt.
  • In studying yet criticizing the Galenic system, he formed his own medical hypotheses.
  • Galen also put great stress on the proper and frequent use of gymnastics.