Taber's Medical Dictionary
Galen, Claudius
(gā′lĕn )
To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.A noted Greek physician and medical writer, circa a.d. 129-199. He lived in Rome and was physician to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. He is called the father of experimental physiology.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Galen, Claudius." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744984/all/great_vein_of_Galen.
Galen, Claudius. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744984/all/great_vein_of_Galen. Accessed April 18, 2026.
Galen, Claudius. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744984/all/great_vein_of_Galen
Galen, Claudius [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 18]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744984/all/great_vein_of_Galen.
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