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ca·du·ceus
n, pl -cei : a medical insignia bearing a representation of a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top a : one of the symbols of a physician - compare STAFF OF AESCULAPIUS b : the emblem of a medical corps or a department of the armed services (as of the U.S. Army) .
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Similar sounding terms: ke·to·sis
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