aesculapius

Speech parts

1. aesculapius - Noun

2. Aesculapius - Proper noun

Meaning

The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Asclepius Asklepios savior doctor medico physician remedy medic panacea surgeon curator healer medical practitioner esculapius therapist
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Phrases with the word

aesculapius's

Examples

Professor Benjamin Ward Richardson stated in Disciples of Aesculapius that "the true student of medicine reads Laennec's treatise on mediate auscultation and the use of the stethoscope once in two years at least as long as he is in practice. Source: Internet

Masters had been abandoning ailing slaves at the temple of Aesculapius on Tiber Island to die instead of providing them with medical assistance and care, and then reclaiming them if they lived. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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