| 单词 | caduceus |
| 释义 | caduceus —caducean, adj. /keuh dooh"see euhs, -syoohs, -sheuhs, -dyooh"-/, n. , pl. caducei /-see uy'/. 1. Class. Myth. the staff carried by Mercury as messenger of the gods. 2. a representation of this staff used as an emblem of the medical profession and as the insignia of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Cf. staff of Aesculapius. [1585-95; < L, var. of CADUCEUM < Gk (Doric) karýkeion herald's staff, equiv. to karyk- (s. of kâryx) herald + -eion, neut. of -eios adj. suffix] |
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