Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher;
his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas;
writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037);
[syn: Avicenna, ibn-Sina, Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina
n 1: Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his
interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas;
writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years
(980-1037) [syn: Avicenna, ibn-Sina, Abu Ali al-Husain
ibn Abdallah ibn Sina]