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aesculapian
adj 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
medical
VERB + AESCULAPIAN
springs
AESCULAPIAN + NOUN
art, kos, method, sanctuary, society
PREP.
in, on
ADV.
recently
Definitions
adj
1
Of or relating to Aesculapius, the Greco-Roman god of medicine.
The Aesculapian sanctuary on Kos island was also a center of medical learning and practice
2
Medical, concerning healing.
Water therapy at famous springs is an Aesculapian method which recently came back in fashion, as when Bath reemerged from archaelogy to high-society spa
[…]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[…]
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Synonyms
adjective — of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
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The Aesculapian sanctuary on Kos island was also a center of medical learning and practice
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Water therapy at famous springs is an Aesculapian method which recently came back in fashion, as when Bath reemerged from archaelogy to high-society spa
Wiktionary03
[…]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[…]
Wiktionary04
The brochure of the Aesculapian Medical Society was really beautiful.
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