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Alkahest

Alkahest Meaning & Definition
Alkahest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Alkahest?

[n] hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists

Synonyms | Synonyms for Alkahest: alcahest | universal solvent

Related Terms | Find terms related to Alkahest:

See Also | dissolvent | dissolver | dissolving agent | resolvent | solvent

Alkahest In Webster's Dictionary

\Al"ka*hest\, n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.] The fabled ``universal solvent'' of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- {Al`ka*hes"tic}, a.

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