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AEsculapian

AEsculapian \[AE]s`cu*la"pi*an\, a. Pertaining to [AE]sculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.

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aesculapian

a. 1 (context literally English) of or relating to the above Greco-Roman god of medicine 2 (context figuratively English) medical, concerning healing

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aesculapian

adj. of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art [syn: medical]

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Usage examples of "aesculapian".

In Dianetics itself is the statement that "many schools of mental healing from the Aesculapian to the modern hypnotist were studied after the basic philosophy of dianetics had been postulated".

But father, that wise and philanthropic Aesculapian, had set her up for a series of hormone shots.

The Aesculapian temples were not so much hospitals as religious institutions where patients came on pilgrimages, hoping to be cured by a visitation of the gods.