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CIDE DICTIONARY

polychrest

CIDE DICTIONARY

polychrestn. [Gr. useful for many purposes; poly`s many + useful, fr. to use: cf. F. polychreste.].
     A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.  [1913 Webster]
Polychrest salt (Old Med. Chem.), potassium sulphate, specifically obtained by fusing niter with sulphur.

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