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Noun: catholicon  ku'thó-lu-kun or ku'thó-lu,kón
Usage: rare
  1. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
    - panacea, nostrum, cure-all

Derived forms: catholicons

Type of: curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic

Encyclopedia: Catholicon