elixir — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. A liquid which converts lead to gold.

   أمثلة

   For Chinese alchemists, gold held the key to the Elixir, the Eastern equivalent of the Philosopher's Stone.

2. A substance or liquid which is believed to cure all ills and give eternal life.

3. The alleged cure for all ailments; cure-all, panacea.

   الاستعمال

   • broadly

   أمثلة

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   The silver-bullet cancer cures of yesterday’s newsmagazine covers, like interferon and angiogenesis inhibitors, disappointed the breathless expectations, as have elixirs such as antioxidants, Vioxx, and hormone replacement therapy.

4. 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.

   أمثلة

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   The subcommittee's report to the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry shows that the action of somnos is practically identical with that of a 5 per cent elixir of hydrated chloral.

اسم

1. 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

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   liquid

2. hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

   مرادفات

   philosopher's stonephilosophers' stone

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   substance

3. a substance believed to cure all ills

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   potionpanaceanostrumcatholiconcure-all