caduceus

An insignia or symbol used by the medical profession, modeled after the staff of Hermes, typically depicted as a winged staff with two serpents entwined around it.

• 🇵🇹Símbolo ou emblema associado à medicina e à farmácia, representado por um bastão alado com duas serpentes entrelaçadas, originado do bastão de Hermes (Mercúrio). Também pode designar o próprio bastão usado como símbolo de comércio e diplomacia na mitologia greco-romana.

1. Medical symbol C1 formal medical

   A staff with two snakes entwined around it and often topped with wings, used as a symbol of the medical profession.

   • The caduceus is often seen on ambulance vehicles.
   • Many medical organizations use the caduceus as their logo.
   • The doctor wore a pin shaped like a caduceus on his lab coat.

   🇵🇹Caduceu

• caducei plural form
• caducei' possessive plural form
• caduceus's possessive singular form