Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Æsculapius, god of medicine; medical; pertaining to the healing art.
- noun A medical man; a physician: generally in a humorous sense.
- noun Also spelled
Esculapian .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to Æsculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective literally of or relating to the above
Greco-Roman god ofmedicine - adjective figuratively
medical , concerninghealing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
Etymologies
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Examples
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It took a lot of backroom wheeling-and-dealing to find money to combat the smelly affliction, as there was fierce opposition from the powerful Aesculapian leader Dr. Scholls.
Patrick Sauer: 10 Lesser-Known Ailments Now Covered By Our Socialist Overlords 2010
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It took a lot of backroom wheeling-and-dealing to find money to combat the smelly affliction, as there was fierce opposition from the powerful Aesculapian leader Dr. Scholls.
10 Lesser-Known Ailments Now Covered By Our Socialist Overlords 2010
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There are 18 species of fish, 6 being endangered in Bulgaria including the rare asp Aspius aspius, 15 species of reptiles including the Aesculapian snake Elaphe longissimus, and 12 amphibians; one, the eastern spadefoot Pelobates syriacus, recently discovered in Bulgaria for the first time, is listed in the Red Book for Bulgaria.
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These divine grizzly Bears or Aesculapian Snakes, these cat-faced Pashts, this Isis, queen of heaven, and Astarte and Baal and Indra and Agni and Kali and Demeter and the Virgin Mary and Apollo and Jesus Christ and
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These divine grizzly Bears or Aesculapian Snakes, these cat-faced
Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886
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And Aesculapian < 46 > spirits to charm this plague?
The Noble Spanish Soldier Thomas Dekker 1602
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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,
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Henry Fielding 1730
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Aesculapian Aesthetic Anti Aging Institution in the Briarcrest Professional Building before that practice dissolved, said Precision president Teresa Morgan.
Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal 2010
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Aesculapian Aesthetic Anti Aging Institution in the Briarcrest Professional Building before that practice dissolved, said Precision president Teresa Morgan.
Memphis Business News - Local Memphis News | Memphis Business Journal 2010
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But I didn't mean to be unpleasantly Aesculapian. "
White Ashes Alden Charles Noble
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