Associations to the word «Aesculapian»

Wiktionary

AESCULAPIAN, adjective. (literally) of or relating to the above Greco-Roman god of medicine
AESCULAPIAN, adjective. (figuratively) medical, concerning healing
AESCULAPIAN STAFF, noun. (medicine) A symbol of the medical profession, consisting of a branched staff with a single snake twined around it.
AESCULAPIAN STAFFS, noun. Plural of Aesculapian staff

Dictionary definition

AESCULAPIAN, adjective. Of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King