Associations to the word «Galen»

Wiktionary

GALEN, proper noun. An ancient Greek physician.
GALEN, proper noun. A male given name, of mostly American usage.

Dictionary definition

GALEN, noun. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King