catholicon

2 definitions found

catholicon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Catholicon \Ca*thol"i*con\, n. [Gr. ?, neut. ?, universal. See
     Catholic.] (Med.)
     A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.
     [1913 Webster]

catholicon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  catholicon
      n 1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought
           by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon,
           cure-all]