Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A drug; a medicine. Also
pharmacum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A medicine or drug; also, a poison.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
medicine ordrug . - noun obsolete A
poison .
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Examples
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I have heard it said that by devouring the flesh of the dead, together with a certain pharmacon, they are able to relive the lives of their victims. "
The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980
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