Hippocratic face (redirected from Facies Hippocratica)

Hippocratic face

A physiognomy characteristic of advanced, untreated, preterminal peritonitis, who Hippocrates described as having '…hollow eyes, collapsed temples; the ears, cold, contracted and their lobes turned out; the skin about the forehead being rough, distended and parched; the color of the whole face being brown, black, livid or lead-colored…'; these facial features are also described in celiac sprue. Cf Triangular face.