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caduceus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | insignia |
| Derivation | caducean |
Examples of caduceus
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Hermes and his caduceus or serpent-staff, were among alchemy's principal symbols.
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That's why two are seen entwined around the caduceus, the physician's symbolic staff.
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He put the caduceus between them and parted, and so said his staff would bring peace.
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In 1902 the caduceus was added to the uniforms of Army medical officers.
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His bat also came to be called kerykeion, the caduceus, in later times.
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For the medical symbol often mistakenly referred to as a caduceus, see Rod of Asclepius.
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His attributes include the herald's wand or caduceus, winged sandals, and a traveler's cap.
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The insignia of the Surgeon General, and the USPHS, use the caduceus.
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I associate the caduceus with medicine, not ancient Greek mythology.
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- An insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes
- The caduceus (u2624; /ku0259u02C8duu02D0siu02D0u0259s/ or /ku0259u02C8djuu02D0u0283u0259s/; from Greek u03BAu03B7u03C1u03CDu03BAu03B5u03B9u03BFu03BD ku0113rukeion "herald's staff") is the staff carried by Hermes Trismegistus in Greco-Egyptian mythology and Hermes in Greek mythology. The same staff was also borne by heralds in general, for example by Iris, the messenger of Hera. It is a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings...
- CADUCEUS was a medical expert system finished in the mid-1980s (first begun in the 1970s- it took a long time to build the knowledge base) by Harry Pople (of the University of Pittsburgh), building on Pople's years of interviews with Dr. ...
- Caduceus was a New Zealand bred Standardbred racehorse. Caduceus is notable for winning the 1960 Inter Dominion Trotting Championship, trotting's premiership event in Australia and New Zealand, from a handicap of 36 yards, in front of a world record crowd. ...
- Caduceus was a convict ship that transported a single convict from Bombay, India to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1858. It arrived in Fremantle on February 5, 1858. ...
- This article is about the 'hovercraft' ships shown in the fictional universe of The Matrix series of science fiction films, comic books and video games.
- A rod entwined with a pair of snakes, an attribute of Mercury and a symbol of healing and of peace.
- Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy.
- The messenger's staff or wand carried by Hermes and Iris; for an example, see Harvard 1960.347 (image).
