catholicon vs theriac

catholicon

noun
  • A supposed universal remedy. 

  • A large urban church used for large gatherings. 

theriac

noun
  • A universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate. 

  • hyponym of panacea. 

adj
  • Synonym of theriacal: of or related to theriac. 

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