Aesculapius

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Aesculapius
    n 1: son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and
         healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea [syn:
         {Aesculapius}, {Asclepius}, {Asklepios}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

AEsculapius \[AE]s`cu*la"pi*us\, n. [L. Aesculapius, Gr. ?.]
   (Myth.)
   The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.
   [1913 Webster]

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