Associations to the word «Caduceus»
Verb
Wiktionary
CADUCEUS, noun. The official wand carried by a herald in ancient Greece and Rome, specifically the one carried in mythology by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, usually represented with two snakes twined around it.
CADUCEUS, noun. A symbol () representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers, and also sometimes as a symbol of medicine.
Dictionary definition
CADUCEUS, noun. An insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.