The earliest known glossaries of medical terms were discovered on Egyptian papyrus authored around 1600 B.C. Other precursors to modern medical dictionaries include lists of terms compiled from the
Hippocratic Corpus in the first century AD. The
Synonyma Simonis Genuensis (the
Synonyms of
Simon of Genoa), attributed to the physician to
Pope Nicholas IV in the year 1288, was printed by Antonius Zarotus at Milan in 1473. Referring to a copy held in the library of the
College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Henry wrote in 1905 that "It is the first edition of the first medical dictionary." However, this claim is disputed as the composition only included lists of herbs and drugs.) and
Savonarola, this work was used alongside others by
Oribasius,
Isidore of Seville,
Mondino dei Liuzzi,
Serapion, and
Pietro d'Abano. Then, as now, writers struggled with the terminology used in various translations from earlier Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic works. Later works by
Jacques Desparts and
Jacopo Berengario da Carpi continued building on the
Synonyma. ==Definitions==