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Esculapian

Esculapian is the alternative form of Aesculapian.

Meaning of Aesculapian

Adjective

Aesculapian (comparative more Aesculapian, superlative most Aesculapian)

  1. (literally) Of or relating to Aesculapius, the Greco-Roman god of medicine.
    • The Aesculapian sanctuary on Kos island was also a center of medical learning and practice
  2. (figuratively) Medical, concerning healing.
    • 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

Forms of Esculapian

Adjective
comparativemore Esculapian
superlativemost Esculapian
Noun
pluralEsculapians

Questions about Esculapian

What is Esculapian the alternative form of?
Esculapian is the alternative form of Aesculapian.

Words near Esculapian in the dictionary

  1. escudos
  2. Escue
  3. Escues
  4. Escuintenango
  5. esculamine
  6. Esculapian
  7. Esculapians
  8. Esculapius
  9. esculent
  10. esculent swallow
  11. esculent swallows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Esculapian (page history and authors); Aesculapian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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