Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aesculapian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: aes-cu-lapi-an
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Aesculapius, the Greco-Roman god of medicine.

adj

Medical, concerning healing.

Example Sentences

"The Aesculapian sanctuary on Kos island was also a center of medical learning and practice"
"Water therapy at famous springs is an Aesculapian method which recently came back in fashion, as when Bath reemerged from archaelogy to high-society spa"
"[…]for surely the gentlemen of the Aesculapian art are in the right in advising, that the moment the disease has entered at one door, the physician should be introduced at the other[…]"

Etymology

From Aesculapius + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Aesculapian (comparative) most Aesculapian (superlative) Esculapian (alternative) Æsculapian (alternative, archaic)

Synonyms

medical

Questions

What does aesculapian mean?: Of or relating to Aesculapius, the Greco-Roman god of medicine.
Where does aesculapian come from?: From Aesculapius + -ian.

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