⚕ Medical Symbol

A snake is wrapped around a stick. It is a medical symbol, also called a snake stick. It is the rod held by Asclepius, the god of medicine in Greek mythology. It is commonly used in global medical emergency signs. Related emojis：🏥 hospital, 🐍 snake.

⚕ Medical Symbol Basic Information

Shortname:

medical symbol

Unicode Version:

4.1 (2005-03-31)

Emoji Version:

None

Categories:

🛑 Symbols

Emoji:

⚕

Decimal:

ALT+9877

Sub Categories:

☑️ other-symbol

Keywords:

aesculapius medical symbol medicine staff

Known as:

Aesculapius | Asklepios | Rod of Asclepius

Codepoint:

U+2695

⚕ Medical Symbol Examples and Usage

Popular science: ⚕ The shedding of snakes represents recovery and renew, and is regarded as a symbol of "rebirth" by people. Snake venom is both poisonous and can also be used for medicinal purposes. The snake stick also implies that the doctor is between "life and death", "health and disease”.
The Indian medical association ⚕ has declared a state of medical emergency. ⚕ (2695) + emoji style (FE0F) = ⚕️ (2695 FE0F)
⚕ (2695) + text style (FE0E) = ⚕︎ (2695 FE0E)