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⚕️ Staff of Aesculapius
Also known as: Aesculapius, Asklepios, Rod of Asclepius
Unicode: U+2695, U+FE0F
Description
A symbol displaying of a rod with a snake entwined around the outside in a downward-spiral shape. Associated with medicine and health care services such as doctors or hospitals. A similar and related symbol called the Caduceus is frequently used in the United States.
Image Variants

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Version Information
Emoji Version:4.0
Unicode Version:4.1
Keywords
aesculapiusmedical symbolmedicinestaff
Shortcodes
Platform | Shortcode | Action |
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Emojipedia | :medical_symbol: | |
GitHub | :medical_symbol: | |
Slack | :medical_symbol: | |
Slack | :staff_of_aesculapius: | |
Discord | :medical_symbol: |
Additional Information
Category:Miscellaneous Symbols -> Dictionary and map symbols
Definition:
A symbol displaying of a rod with a snake entwined around the outside in a downward-spiral shape. Associated with medicine and health care s http://emojipedia.org/staff-of-aesculapius/
Verbs:
- To treat with medicine.
- Treat medicinally, treat with medicine