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Definition: Galen |
GalenNoun1. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Galen" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be calm". |
Date "Galen" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
"Galen" is a common misspelling or typo for: gale, galena, glean, glen. |
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Literature | Galen (g hard). Galen says "Nay," and Hippocrates "Yea." The doctors disagree, and who is to decide? Galen was a physician of Asia Minor in the second Christian century. Hippocrates - a native of Cos, born B.C. 460 - was the most celebrated physician of antiquity. Galen. A generic name for an apothecary. Galenists prefer drugs (called Galenical medicines), Paracelsians use mineral medicines. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Galen was born in Pergamum (modern-day Bergama, Greece) to an architect’s family. His interests were eclectic – agriculture, architecture, astronomy, philosophy – until he concentrated on medicine.
By the age of 20 he had become a therapeutes ("attendant") of the god Asclepius in the local temple for four years. After his father’s death in 148 or 149 he left to study abroad. He studied in Smyrna and Corinth and at Alexandria. He studied medicine for a total of twelve years. When he returned to Pergamum in 157, he worked as a physician in a gladiator school for three or four years. During this time he gained experience of trauma and wound treatment. He later regarded wounds as “windows into the body”.
From 162 he lived in Rome where he wrote extensively, lectured and publicly demonstrated his knowledge of anatomy. He gained a reputation as an experienced physician and his practice had widespread clientele. One of them was consul Flavius Boethius who introduced him in court where he became a court physician to emperor Marcus Aurelius. Later he also treated Lucius Verus, Commodus and Septimius Severus. Reputedly he spoke mostly Greek, which was a more respected language of medicine than Latin at the time. He briefly returned to Pergamum in 166-169.
Galen spent the rest of his life in royal court, writing and experimenting. He performed vivisections of numerous animals to study the function of the kidneys and the spinal cord. His favorite subject was the barbary ape. Reportedly he employed 20 scribes to write down his words. In 191, fire in the Temple of Peace destroyed some of his records. He died in 203. Life
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| Synonyms by domain: Galen ampulla (medicine), Galen anastomosis, Galen foramen, Galen innominate gland, Galen luxation, Galen nerve. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Galen |
| English words defined with "Galen": Galenical, Galenism, Galenist. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Galen": Apophlegmatism. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Galen" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Swedish (absurd, bedlamite, crazy, distracted, distraught, insane, loco, loony, mad, madcap, nuts, passionately fond, rabid, up the creek, up the pole, wild, wrong), Turkish (galena). |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Galen Drake Show (1957) Kvinnan gör mig galen (1949) | |
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 | 9. Galen - Experimenter in Compounding (131-201 A.D.) / Robert A. Thom.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | 13. Avicenna - the "Persian Galen" (About 980-1037 A.D.) / Robert A. Thom.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Claudius Galen | Employment is nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness. |
| Every animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster. | |
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Health | Called a vein of Galen defect after the major blood vessel involved, this lesion is located deep inside the brain. (references) | |
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| "Galen" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Galen" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 80% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 20% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Galen" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Galen | First name Male | 9,000 | 714 |
| Galen | Last name | 300 | 28,983 |
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| "Galen" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be calm". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Galen." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Galen | Male | English | N/A |
| Jalen | Male | English | Galen |
| Galina | Female | Russian | Galen |
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| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Galen Holdings Public Limited Company |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
galen | 87 |
galen gering | 81 |
galen rowell | 46 |
galen weston | 14 |
galen govier | 14 |
galen institute | 13 |
galen perras | 10 |
galen holding | 9 |
college galen | 8 |
galen hall | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "Galen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | glandula galeni (Galen innominate gland), Galen's nerve (Galen nerve), Galen's luxation (Galen luxation), Galen's kirtel (Galen innominate gland), foramen galeni (Galen foramen), anastomosis galeni (Galen anastomosis), ampulla galeni (Galen ampulla). (various references) | |
Dutch | zenuw van Galenus (Galen nerve), zenuw van Galen (Galen nerve), luxatie van Galenus (Galen luxation), luxatie van Galen (Galen luxation), foramen van Galenus (Galen foramen), foramen van Galen (Galen foramen), anastomose van Galenus (Galen anastomosis), anastomose van Galen (Galen anastomosis), ampulla van Galenus (Galen ampulla), ampul van Galen (Galen ampulla). (various references) | |
French | glande de Galien (Galen innominate gland), nerf de Galien (Galen nerve), luxation de Galien (Galen luxation), foramen de Galien (Galen foramen), anastomose de Galien (Galen anastomosis), ampoule de Galien (Galen ampulla). (various references) | |
German | Galen Nerv (Galen nerve), Galen Luxation (Galen luxation), Galen Foramen (Galen foramen), Galen Druese (Galen innominate gland), Galen Anastomose (Galen anastomosis), Galen Ampulle (Galen ampulla). (various references) | |
Italian | ghiandola lacrimale orbitale (Galen innominate gland), ghiandola innominata di Galeno (Galen innominate gland), ghiandola di Galeno (Galen innominate gland), ansa nervosa di Galeno (Galen anastomosis), ansa anastomotica di Galeno (Galen anastomosis), anastomosi di Galeno (Galen anastomosis), ampolla di Galeno (Galen ampulla). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alengay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | glândula de Galeno (Galen innominate gland), nervo de Galeno (Galen nerve), luxação de Galeno (Galen luxation), buraco de Galeno (Galen foramen), anastomose de Galeno (Galen anastomosis), ampola de Galeno (Galen ampulla). (various references) | |
Swedish | Galenos. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Galen": galena, galenas, galenic, galenical, galenicals, galenite, galenites. (additional references) | |
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"Galen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aalen, agalevn, Gaalen, galan, Galeb, Galende, galent, galin, Galon, Galwex, Gamlen, garlen, Gaylani, Gaylen, Geleen, gelen, Ghaleb, Giken, Gilan, Gislen, Gitlin, Golzen, gralen, Guelen, Gulleen, Gullen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: angel, angle, glean. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-n" | |
-1 letter: egal, elan, gaen, gale, gane, glen, lane, lang, lean. | |
-2 letters: age, ale, ane, eng, gae, gal, gan, gel, gen, lag, lea, leg, nae, nag. | |
-3 letters: ae, ag, al, an, el, en, la, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-n" | |
+1 letter: angels, angled, angler, angles, anlage, bangle, dangle, flange, galena, gelant, genial, glance, gleans, jangle, lagend, lagune, langue, legman, linage, mangel, mangle, regnal, tangle, wangle. | |
+2 letters: agelong, aligned, aligner, allonge, aneling, angeled, angelic, angelus, angerly, anglers, anglice, anlagen, anlages, atingle, bangles, clanged, clanger, congeal, dangled, dangler, dangles, dealing, eanling, elating, elegant, engrail, enlarge, euglena, evangel, fenagle, finagle, flagmen, flanged, flanger, flanges, galenas, galenic, gallein, galleon, gamelan, gangrel, gantlet, gelants, gelatin, gellant, geminal, general, genital, gladden, glanced, glancer, glances, glandes, gleaned, gleaner, gleeman, gnarled, granule, grapnel, gunwale, halogen, healing, jangled, jangler, jangles, lagends, lagunes, langley, langrel, langues, languet, lasagne, leading, leafing, leaking, leaning, leaping, leasing, leaving, linages, lineage, linguae, linkage, mangels, mangled, mangler, mangles, melange, nargile, pealing, realign, reginal, sealing, slanged, spangle, tangelo, tangled, tangler, tangles, twangle, unagile, ungulae, vealing, wangled, wangler, wangles, wrangle, yealing. | |
+3 letters: agential, aglycone, alerting, algerine, alginate, alienage, aliening, aligners, alleging, allergen, allergin, allonges, altering, amylogen, analogue, angelica, angeling, anglepod, angulate, angulose, argental, atheling, belaying, blearing, bleating, blindage, cageling, clangers, cleaning, clearing, cleating, cleaving, collagen, congeals, danegeld, danglers, dealings, delating, delaying, dragline, eanlings, eggplant, elapsing, elegance, elegancy, elongate, emailing, empaling, enabling, engrails, enlacing, enlarged, enlarger, enlarges, ensilage, entangle, equaling, euglenas, evangels, exalting, exhaling, fangless, fanglike, fenagled, fenagles, finagled, finagler, finagles, flangers, flexagon, fugleman, gainable, gainless, gainlier, galenite, galleins, galleons, gamelans, ganglier, gangrels, gantlets, gantline, gantlope, gasolene, gasoline, gauntlet, gaveling, gelatine, gelating, gelatins, gelation, gellants, generals, genially, genitals, geranial, geraniol, germinal, glaceing, gladdens, gladness, glancers, glanders, glandule, glassine, glassmen, gleaming, gleaners, gleaning, gliadine, gnarlier, gnatlike, gnawable, granules, grapline, grapnels, gunmetal, gunwales, halogens, hangable, headlong, healings, hyalogen, integral, janglers, janglier, jargonel, labeling, lacewing, ladening, lagering, lagnappe, langleys, langrage, langrels, langsyne, language, languets, larynges, lasagnes, latening, layering, leaching, leadings, leaguing, leanings, learning, leashing, leasings, leavings, legatine, legating, legation, liegeman, ligament, lineages, linkages, longhead, longleaf, magdalen, maligned, maligner, malinger, manglers, mangonel, medaling, melanges, metaling, narghile, nargileh, nargiles, nonglare, nonlegal, octangle, paneling, pearling, pedaling, phalange, plangent, pleading, pleasing, pleating, raveling, realigns, regaling, regental, regional, relacing, relating, relaxing, relaying, seladang, shealing, signaled, signaler, singable, slangier, sleaving, snaglike, spangled, spangles, stealing, strangle, tangelos, tangible, tanglers, tanglier, teazling, tegminal, triangle, twangled, twangler, twangles, ungalled, ungenial, unglazed, ungulate, untangle, valeting, wanglers, weakling, weanling, wrangled, wrangler, wrangles, yealings, yeanling, yearling, yearlong. | |
+4 letters: abseiling, aglycones, algerines, alginates, alienages, alignment, allegiant, allergens, allergins, allogenic, alongside, alpenglow, amylogens, analgesia, analgesic, analgetic, analogies, analogize, analogues, angelfish, angelical, angelicas, angeluses, angerless, anglepods, anglesite, angleworm, anglicise, anglicize, angulated, angulates, annealing, antiglare, appealing, archangel, ashlering, athelings, aureoling, barreling, becalming, befalling, befleaing, begalling, beladying, belauding, beleaping, bengaline, bewailing, bigeminal, bleaching, blindages, cagelings, canceling, cellaring, chalcogen, challenge, changeful, chelating, cingulate, clangored, clavering, cleansing, clearings, clearwing, clergyman, clientage, cognately, coleading, collagens, collegian, congealed, congenial, danegelds, declaring, declawing, deflating, defleaing, deglazing, deleading, deleaving, deplaning, derailing, desalting, detailing, devaluing, draglines, earthling, eggplants, eglantine, elegances, elegantly, elevating, elongated, elongates, embalming, emblazing, embrangle, emplacing, emplaning, emulating, enameling, enflaming, engarland, engrailed, enhaloing, enlargers, enlarging, enplaning, ensilaged, ensilages, enslaving, entailing, entangled, entangler, entangles, equalling, evangelic, exampling, faltering, fellating, fenagling, finaglers, flagellin, flagrance, flagstone, flambeing, flexagons, frangible, gainliest, galantine, galenical, galenites, galingale, gallamine, gallanted, galleting, gallinule, gallonage, gallstone, galvanise, galvanize, gangliest, gantelope, gantleted, gantlines, gantlopes, gardenful, garlanded, gasolenes, gasolines, gauntlets, gavelkind, gavelling, gelatines, gelations, geminally, genealogy, generable, generally, genetical, geniality, genically, genitalia, genitalic, genitally, genitival, genocidal, gentleman, geranials, geraniols, gerfalcon, germanely, gestalten, giantlike, girandole, gladdened, gladstone, glandered, glandless, glandules, glassines, gleanable, gleanings, glengarry, gliadines, gluconate, glutamine, gnarliest, grantable, granulate, granulite, granulose, graplines, graveling, greenmail, gunmetals, gyroplane, halogeton, haltering, hanseling, heralding, hexagonal, hyalogens, ignitable, ignorable, inelegant, integrals, jangliest, jargonels, laagering, labelling, lacewings, lackering, lackeying, laddering, lagnappes, lagniappe, lamenting, langouste, langrages, langsynes, languages, lappering, largeness, laryngeal, lathering, laureling, laveering, lawyering, layerings, learnings, leavening, legations, legendary, legionary, levanting, ligaments, lilangeni, longheads, magdalene, magdalens, malaguena, maligners, malingers, mangonels, marveling, meaningly, medalling, meningeal, metalling, narghiles, nargilehs, navigable, neuralgia, neuralgic, neuroglia, nonleague, octangles, organelle, paltering, panelings, panelling, parceling, pargyline, parleying, pedalling, pellagrin, pentangle, phalanger, phalanges, plangency, pleaching, pleadings, poleaxing, pregnable, rangeland, rappeling, ravelings, ravelling, realigned, realising, realizing, recalling, recoaling, rectangle, redialing, refalling, reflating, regionals, reglazing, relapsing, releasing, reloading, reloaning, remailing, renailing, repealing, replacing, replating, replaying, resailing, rescaling, resealing, reslating, retailing, revaluing, revealing, salpinges, searingly, segmental, seladangs, shaveling, shealings, shearling, signalers, signalise, signalize, signalled, signaller, signalmen, slangiest, slanguage, slavering, sloganeer, sloganize, spanglier, squealing, stealings, strangely, strangled, strangler, strangles, tableting, tangibles, tangliest, tasseling, teaseling, teasingly, teazeling, tegmental, trameling, traveling, treadling, triangles, twanglers, unaligned, ungulates, unleading, unsealing, untangled, untangles, upleaping, vigilance, vigilante, villenage, weaklings, weanlings, wearingly, weaseling, wineglass, wranglers, yeanlings, yearlings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 6C 65 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- .-.. . -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01101100 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a l e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 006C 0065 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4167787180 |
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