the hippocratic oath definition
the Hippocratic oath noun [S]. âº a âpromise made by âpeople when they âbecome âdoctors to do everything âpossible to âhelp âtheir âpatients and to have high âmoral âstandards in âtheir âwork. (Definition of the Hippocratic oath from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).