AVICENNA

• (noun) 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)

  synonyms : abu ali al-husain ibn abdallah ibn sina , ibn-sina

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