Definition for CA-THOL'I-CON

CA-THOL'I-CON, n. [Gr. καθολικον ιαμα, universal remedy.]

A remedy for all diseases; a universal remedy; a remedy supposed to be efficacious in purging away all humors; a panacea; a kind of soft purgative electuary so called.

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