hippocratic face
facies Hippocratica latin

The Hippocratic face is so called because it was first described by Hippocrates.

Hippocrates was also the first physician to describe Hippocratic face in Prognosis.

Hippocratic face is the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like.

An almost gruesome picture, expressive in its amply color scheme of white, grey and black, almost like a mold of a Hippocratic face"

Hippocratic face (also known as "Hippocratic facies"; eyes are sunken, temples collapsed, nose is pinched with crusts on the lips and the forehead is clammy)

Perhaps the most famous prognostic sign is the facies Hippocratica:

The Hippocratic face (facies Hippocratica in Latin) is the change produced in the face by impending death or long illness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like.