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caduceus
noun[ S ]
(alsoCaduceus)uk /kəˈduː.si.əs/ us /kəˈduː.si.əs/
the symbol of the medical profession, which is a picture of a staff(= a pole) with two wings at the top and two snakes twisted around it:
the caduceusSince then, people have associated the caduceus with the medical profession.
I wonder how many modern-day Western doctors are aware of the origins of the snake which entwines the caduceus?
The entwined serpents forming a double helix gave birth to the Caduceus.
I see it like the caduceus, that symbol that doctors wear on their white coats, of the two snakes wrapped around the staff.
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