hydroalcoholic
[hi″dro-al″kah-hol´ik] Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
e·lix·ir
(ē-lik'sĭr), A clear, sweetened, hydroalcoholic liquid intended for oral use; elixirs contain flavoring substances and are used either as vehicles or for the therapeutic effect of the active medicinal agents.
[Mediev. L., fr. Ar. al- iksir, the philosopher's stone]
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elixir
(ĭ-lĭk′sər)n.1. A sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medicine.
2. a. See philosophers' stone.
b. A substance believed to maintain life indefinitely. Also called elixir of life.
c. A substance or medicine believed to have the power to cure all ills.
3. An underlying principle.
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e·lix·ir
(elix.) (ĕ-lik'sĭr) A clear, sweetened, hydroalcoholic liquid intended for oral use; elixirs contain flavoring substances and are used either as vehicles or for the therapeutic effect of the active medicinal agents.
[Mediev. L., fr. Ar. al-iksir, the philosopher's stone]
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Elixir
A sweetened liquid that contains alcohol, water, and medicine.
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e·lix·ir
(ĕ-lik'sĭr) Clear, sweetened, flavored, hydroalcoholic liquid intended for oral use either as vehicle or for therapeutic effect of active medicinal agents.
[Mediev. L., fr. Ar. al-iksir, the philosopher's stone]
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