alchemynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈæl.kə.mi/us/ˈæl.kə.mi/a type of chemistry, especially in the Middle Ages, that dealt with trying to find a way to change ordinary metals into gold and with trying to find a medicine that would cure any disease
literary a process that is so effective that it seems like magic:
She manages, by some extraordinary alchemy, to turn the most ordinary of ingredients into the most delicious of dishes.
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