单词 | staff of aesculapius |
释义 | > as lemmasstaff of Aesculapius staff of Aesculapius n. (also rod of Aesculapius, wand of Aesculapius, Aesculapius staff, etc.) a representation of a staff with a snake coiled around its length, as a symbol of medicine and (later also) medical organizations.For discussion of this sense, see note at staff of Asclepius n. at Asclepius n. [Compare post-classical Latin baculo Esculapii (1688 or earlier; also baculo Aesculapii); French bâton d'Esculape (1635 as baston d'Esculape, or earlier).] extracted from Aesculapiusn.< as lemmas |
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