ALCAEST
\ˈalsiːst], \ˈalsiːst], \ˈa_l_s_iː_s_t]\
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A word invented by Paracelsus to designate a liquor, which, according to him, was capable of removing every kind of swelling. The same word was used by Van Helmont for a fancied universal solvent, capable of reducing every body to its elements.
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