“Asclepius”

The following 2 entries include the term Asclepius.

rod of Asclepius

noun phrase

staff of Asclepius

noun phrase

: a conventionalized representation of a staff branched at the top with a single snake twined around it that is used as a symbol of medicine and as the official insignia of the American Medical Association compare caduceus sense 2a


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