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What was Avicenna's primary contribution to the field of medicine?

  • Medical encyclopedia

  • Surgery techniques

  • Inventing medicines

  • Discovering germs

Answer

Avicenna's primary contribution to medicine was "The Canon of Medicine," a comprehensive medical encyclopedia that became a standard medical text at many medieval universities and remained in use until the 17th century.
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