Preferred Label : greek world;
MeSH definition : A historical and cultural entity dispersed across a wide geographical area under the
influence of Greek civilization, culture, and science. The Greek Empire extended from
the Greek mainland and the Aegean islands from the 16th century B.C., to the Indus
Valley in the 4th century under Alexander the Great, and to southern Italy and Sicily.
Greek medicine began with Homeric and Aesculapian medicine and continued unbroken
to Hippocrates (480-355 B.C.). The classic period of Greek medicine was 460-136 B.C.
and the Graeco-Roman period, 156 B.C.-576 A.D. (From A. Castiglioni, A History of
Medicine, 2d ed; from F. H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine,
4th ed);
Wikipedia automatic translation : Ancient Greece;
MeSH annotation : note category; lands & peoples under influence of Greek civilization & culture; IM;
do not confuse with GREECE, a Category Z term for ancient & modern Greece;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient Greece;
Origin ID : D018645;
UMLS CUI : C0242862;
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A historical and cultural entity dispersed across a wide geographical area under the
influence of Greek civilization, culture, and science. The Greek Empire extended from
the Greek mainland and the Aegean islands from the 16th century B.C., to the Indus
Valley in the 4th century under Alexander the Great, and to southern Italy and Sicily.
Greek medicine began with Homeric and Aesculapian medicine and continued unbroken
to Hippocrates (480-355 B.C.). The classic period of Greek medicine was 460-136 B.C.
and the Graeco-Roman period, 156 B.C.-576 A.D. (From A. Castiglioni, A History of
Medicine, 2d ed; from F. H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine,
4th ed)
