Look up: caduceus

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   Caduceus
   the messenger's staff or wand carried by Hermes and Iris.
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   Caduceus
   A caduceus was originally an enchanters wand, and later a herald's staff. It is most familiar in the hands of Hermes. Its first form was three shoots, of which two were intertwined, while the third formed the handle. The fully-developed form has, besides the rod itself, a pair of wings either at the top or in the middle, and two serpents intertwined.
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   Caduceus
   Caduceus is the winged and serpent twisted staff or wand of Hermes.
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   caduceus
   [n] - an insignia used by the medical profession
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   Caduceus
   An ornamental rod twined with two snakes, which face each other at the tip. The rod is often shown winged. It is an attribute of Mercury (Hermes in Greek), the messenger of the gods, and symbolises trade and prosperity. It probably derives from the ribbon-draped willow wand traditionally carried by messengers. It is sometimes confused with the staff of Aesculapius (Asclepios in Greek), which also has an entwined snake, but which has a quite separate medical symbolism.
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   caduceus
   In classical mythology, a staff with three shoots, one of which made the handle, the other two being intertwined at the top. The messenger Hermes, or Mercury,...
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   Caduceus
   Symbol of the winged sword and intertwined snakes (Staff of Hermes or herald`s wand), which is often used as the symbol of the medical profession i.e. - - - The actual symbol for the medical profession is not the staff of Hermes (the caduceus), but the staff of Aesculapius (or Asklepios in Greek), which is a knotted wooden staff with a single sna ...
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   Caduceus
   Caduceus: 1. A rod with two snakes entwined about it topped by a pair of wings. 2. An insignia of a caduceus meant, mistakenly, to symbolize a physician. The caduceus served as the symbol of Hermes and Mercury, the Greek and Roman messenger gods. The caduceus was the sign of a herald and hence a logical symbol for the messenger. However, because of ...
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   Caduceus
   Definition (keystage 4) A pair of curves in space, each of which is a helix and which twist in opposite directions around one another, is sometimes called a caduceus.
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    Caduceus
    Ca·du'ce·us noun [ Latin caduceum , caduceus ; akin to Greek ... a herald's wand, from ... herald.] (Myth.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.
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    caduceus
    A staff with two oppositely twined serpents and surmounted by two wings; emblem of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. For veterinary medicine the double serpent was changed in 1972 to its present form with a single serpent. ... See: staff of Aesculapius. ... Origin: L. The staff of Mercury; G. Keryx herald, the staff of Hermes ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    caduceus
    noun an insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes
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    Caduceus
    A `caduceus` (; `kerykeion` in Greek) is a (sometimes) winged staff with two snakes wrapped around it. It was an ancient astrological symbol of commerce and is associated with the Greek god Hermes, the messenger for the gods, conductor of the dead and protector of merchants and thieves. Among the Greeks it was originally a herald's staff, sometimes with wings, with two white fillets of wool attached. The view of Karl Otfried Müller, that the ribb...
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    caduceus
    (kә-doo´shәs) the wand of Hermes or Mercury; used as a symbol of the medical profession and as the emblem of the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army. Another symbol of medicine is the staff of Aesculapius, which is the official insignia of the American Medical Association. ...
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    Caduceus
    • (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald`s staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.
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    caduceus
    staff carried by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, as a symbol of peace. Among the ancient Greeks and Romans it became the badge of heralds and ... [1 related articles]
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    caduceus
    caduceus 1. A staff with two oppositely twined serpents and surmounted by two wings; emblem of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. For veterinary medicine the double serpent was changed in 1972 to its present form with a single serpent. 2. An insignia of a caduceus meant, mistakenly, to symbolize a physician. The caduceus served as the symbol of Hermes and Mer...
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    caduceus
    A staff with two oppositely twined serpents and surmounted by two wings; emblem of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. For veterinary medicine the double serpent was changed in 1972 to its present form with a single serpent. See Also: staff of Aesculapius [L. the staff of Mercury; G. kryx herald, the staff of Hermes]
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    caduceus
    In mathematics, a pair of curves in space, each of which is a helix and which twist in opposite directions around one another. In mythology, the caduceus is the wing-topped staff, wound about by two snakes, carried by Hermes, the Greek messenger of the gods. The snakes became entwined after Hermes t...
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    caduceus
    caduceus (kudyOO'sēus) , wing-topped staff, with two snakes winding about it, carried by Hermes, given to him (according to one legend) by Apollo. The symbol of two intertwined snakes appeared early in Babylonia and is related to other serpent symbols of fertility, wisdom, and healing, and...
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