plural of Asclepiad

(poetry) A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.

(Greek mythology) A child of Asclepius and Epione (or Aristodama).

(Ancient Greece) A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepius, known as physicians or healers.

(prosody) In the form of Asclepiads.