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elixir

(n): a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste

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(n): fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume

(n): hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

(n): a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties

(n): a substance believed to cure all ills

(n): a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage

(n): hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

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