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A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures manydiseases. [Obs.] Polychrest salt (Old Med. Chem.), potassiumsulphate, specifically obtained by fusing niter with sulphur.
A thing adapted to several different uses. Now especially: a homeopathic drug used to treat a variety of diseases.
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