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Noun: Paracelsus  ,per-u'sel-sus [N. Amer], ,pa-ru'sel-sus [Brit]
  1. Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humours) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)
    - Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim

Type of: doc [informal], doctor, Dr., MD, medico [informal], physician

Encyclopedia: Paracelsus, Theophrastus

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