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Noun: Aesculapius  ,es-kyu'ley-pee-us
  1. Son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea
    - Asclepius, Asklepios

Type of: Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity

Encyclopedia: Aesculapius