Usually means: Remedy useful for many diseases.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word Polychrest:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. polychrest: Merriam-Webster
  2. polychrest: Collins English Dictionary
  3. polychrest: Wordnik
  4. polychrest: Wiktionary
  5. Polychrest, polychrest: Dictionary.com
  6. Polychrest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. polychrest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Polychrest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. polychrest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. polychrest: FreeDictionary.org
  11. polychrest: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. polychrest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. polychrest: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polychrest)

▸ noun:  (medicine) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.

Similar:
polypharmacotherapy, panpharmacon, polypharmaceutical, polypharmacist, panacea, polypharmacy, polymedication, polypill, cure-all, heal-all, more...

Opposite:
monocrest, oligocrest, unichrest

Types:
Nux Vomica, Lycopodium, Sepia, Pulsatilla, Ignatia, Arsenicum, Sulphur, more...

Phrases:
polychrest salt, more...

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Similar:
polypharmacotherapy, panpharmacon, polypharmaceutical, polypharmacist, panacea, polypharmacy, polymedication, polypill, cure-all, heal-all, more...

Opposite:
monocrest, oligocrest, unichrest

Types:
Nux Vomica, Lycopodium, Sepia, Pulsatilla, Ignatia, Arsenicum, Sulphur, more...

Phrases:
polychrest salt, more...



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