staff of Asclepius
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Definition of staff of Asclepius
: a conventionalized representation of a staff branched at the top with a single snake twined around it that is used as a symbol of medicine and as the official insignia of the American Medical Association
— called also
rod of Asclepius, rod of Aesculapius
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