aesculapian

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Aes·cu·la·pi·us

(ĕs′kyə-lā′pē-əs)
n. Roman Mythology
The god of medicine and healing, equivalent to Asclepius in Greek mythology.
[Latin Aesculāpius, ultimately (possibly via Etruscan) from Greek Asklāpios, variant of Asklēpios; see Asclepius.]
Aes′cu·la′pi·an adj.
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Aesculapian

(ˌiːskjʊˈleɪpɪən)
adj
of or relating to Aesculapius or to the art of medicine
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Aes•cu•la•pi•an

(ˌɛs kyəˈleɪ pi ən)

adj.
of or pertaining to the healing arts.
[1615–25; < Latin Aesculāpi(us) Asclepius + -an1]
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Adj.1.Aesculapian - of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing artaesculapian - of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
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Aesculapian

adj
→ Äskulap-; Aesculapian staff → Äskulapstab m
(Med) → ärztlich
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This he had, however, neglected; as it was usual with him to do all manner of disorders which did not confine him to his bed, or prevent his several faculties from performing their ordinary functions;--a conduct which we would by no means be thought to approve or recommend to imitation; for surely the gentlemen of the Aesculapian art are in the right in advising, that the moment the disease has entered at one door, the physician should be introduced at the other: what else is meant by that old adage,
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