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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alcahest

▶noun variant spelling of alkahest.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alkahest /ˈalkəhɛst/ (also alcahest)

▶noun historical the hypothetical universal solvent sought by alchemists.

– origin C17: sham Arab., prob. invented by the 16th-cent. Swiss physician Paracelsus.

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