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ASKLEPIOS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Ασκληπιος (Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: əs-KLEE-pee-os (English)   [key]

Possibly means "cut up" in Greek. Asklepios (Aesculapius to the Romans) was the god of healing and medicine in Greek mythology.
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