Definition of Aescolapius
Æscula`pius, a son of Apollo and the nymph Coronis, whom, for
restoring Hippolytus to life, Zeus, at the prayer of Pluto, destroyed
with a thunderbolt, but afterwards admitted among the gods as god of
medicine and the healing art; the cock, the emblem of vigilance, and the
serpent, of prudence, were sacred to him.
- Wikipedia
Æs`cu*la"pi*us (&?;), n. [L.
Aesculapius, Gr. &?;.] (Myth.) The god of medicine.
Hence, a physician.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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