oath [noun] [U] - the Hippocratic oath a promise made by people when they become doctors to do everything possible to preserve human life and to maintain high working standardsThe Hippocratic oath obliges doctors not to give information about their patients to people who are not involved in treating them.
HIPPOCRATIC
Meaning of HIPPOCRATIC in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012