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Definitions of caduceus in various dictionaries:
noun - an insignia used by the medical profession
A herald’s wand or staff, especially in ancient times.
A winged staff with two serpents twined around it, carried by Hermes.
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This ancient winged staff featuring 2 intertwined snakes is now the symbol of the U.S. Army Medical Corps |
According to legend, Hermes traded a lyre to Apollo for this snake-wrapped stick |
Now an emblem of the medical profession, it was the staff carried by mercury |
It's the (medical) symbol seen here |
Snake-encircled wand carried by Mercury |
This symbol of the physician is derived from the wand of Aesculapius, the god of medicine |
Hermes' winged sandals were the talaria & his staff, this |
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an ancient Greek or Roman herald's wand, typically one with two serpents twined round it, carried by the messenger god Hermes or Mercury. |
an insignia used by the medical profession modeled after the staff of Hermes |
An ancient Greek or Roman herald's wand, typically one with two serpents twined round it, carried by the messenger god Hermes or Mercury. |
A herald's wand or staff, especially in ancient times. |
Greek Mythology A winged staff with two serpents twined around it, carried by Hermes. |
An insignia modeled on Hermes's staff and used as the symbol of the medical profession. |
Caduceus description |
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The caduceus (; ; Latin cdceus, from Greek krkeion "herald's wand, or staff") is the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology and consequently by Hermes Trismegistus in Greco-Egyptian 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. In Roman iconography, it was often depicted being carried in the left hand of Mercury, the messenger of the gods, guide of the dead, and protector of merchants, shepherds, gamblers, liars, and thieves.Some accounts suggest that the oldest known imagery of the caduceus have their roots in a Mesopotamian origin with the Sumerian god Ningishzida whose symbol, a staff with two snakes intertwined around it, dates back to 4000 B.C. to 3000 B.C.As a symbolic object, it represents Hermes (or the Roman Mercury), and by extension trades, occupations, or undertakings associated with the god. In later Antiquity, the caduceus provid |