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caduceus - Word of the Day - Sun Aug 21, 2022

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caduceus - (noun) - 1: the symbolic staff of a herald often with two entwined snake and two wings at the top; 2: a medical insignia of two entwined snakes and two wings

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Many doctors wear a caduceus pin on their lapel.

 

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The caduceus in mythology was a staff or wand carried by the god Hermes. Its touch could wake the sleeping, put the awake to sleep, give the dying a gentle death, or raise the dead.

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