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Webster 1913 Edition

Catholicon

Ca-thol′i-con

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], neut. [GREEK], universal. See
Catholic
.]
(Med.)
A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.

Webster 1828 Edition

Catholicon

CATHOLICON

,
Noun.
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.

Definition 2024

Catholicon

Catholicon

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English

Proper noun

Catholicon

  1. an early Latin dictionary, the Summa grammaticalis quae vocatur Catholicon

catholicon

catholicon

See also: Catholicon

English

Noun

catholicon ‎(plural catholicons)

  1. (medicine) A supposed universal remedy.

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