staff

staff (staf)

1. a wooden rod or rodlike structure.

2. a grooved director used as a guide for the knife in surgery.

3. the professional personnel of a hospital.

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staff of Aesculapius  the rod or staff with entwining snake, symbolic of the god of healing, official insignia of the American Medical Association. See also caduceus.

Staff of Aesculapius.

attending staff  the corps of attending physicians and surgeons of a hospital.

consulting staff  specialists associated with a hospital and acting in an advisory capacity to the attending staff.

house staff  the resident physicians and surgeons of a hospital.

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staff (stf)

n.

1. A specific group of workers.

2. See director.

v.

1. To provide with a staff of workers or assistants.

2. To serve on the staff of.

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staff,

n See personnel.

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staff

1. a wooden rod or rodlike structure.

2. the professional personnel of a hospital.