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catholicon

/kəˈθɒl.ɪ.kɒn/

翻译: 名词,指一种假想的能治愈所有疾病或不适的万能药物或万灵药,历史上炼金术士曾寻求此物。

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noun

/kəˈθɒl.ɪ.kɒn/C2formalmedical
  • zh名词,指一种假想的能治愈所有疾病或不适的万能药物或万灵药,历史上炼金术士曾寻求此物。

A noun referring to a hypothetical universal remedy or panacea for all diseases or ills, historically sought by alchemists.

  1. Universal remedyC2formalmedical

    A hypothetical remedy or cure for all diseases or ills, historically sought by alchemists.

    zh万能药

    • Alchemists spent centuries searching for the catholicon.
    • The idea of a single catholicon has been abandoned by modern medicine.
    • Some ancient texts describe a catholicon that could cure any ailment.

    同义词cure-allelixirnostrumpanacea

词形
  • catholicons plural form
  • catholicons' possessive plural form
  • catholicon's possessive singular form