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IPA transcription: ['ɡeɪlən]
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Noun
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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.