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Catholicon definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CATHOLICON, n. A remedy for all diseases; a universal remedy; a remedy supposed to be efficacious in purging away all humors; a panacea; a kind of soft purgative electuary so called.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Greek katholikon, neuter of katholikos Date: 15th century cure-all, panacea

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Catholicon Ca*thol"i*con, n. [Gr. ?, neut. ?, universal. See Catholic.] (Med.) A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Panacea, universal remedy, universal medicine.