Pharmacon

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
A medicine or drug. formal, rare
2
A poison. obsolete

Synonyms

balm balsam cure drop drug elixir

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon).

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