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‖ panchreston Obs.|pænˈkriːstən|
Also 7 -chrestum, -creston, (8 erron panchrestos, -us); pl. -chresta.
[a. Gr. πάγχρηστον adj. neut. ‘good for everything’, whence L. panchrēstum medicāmentum (Cicero and Pliny) sovereign medicine.]
A universal medicine, a panacea. Also fig.
1632Winterton Drexelius' Consid. Eternity To Rdr. 4 A pancreston profitable for all things. 1640Harvey Synagogue, Bible iii, The true Panchreston 'tis for every sore. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 176 Empiricks..that with some Panchrestum, Catholike Medicines, undertake every thing. 1706Phillips, Panchestra, Medicines that are good against all or many Diseases. [So in Kersey Bailey, etc.] 1727–41Panchrestos [see prec.]. |