(slang) Short for paregoric, a painkiller. [A painkiller; a medicine which soothes or relieves pain; specifically the traditional patent medicine consisting of camphorated tincture of opium.]
Alternative form of philosopher's stone. [(alchemy, uncountable) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.]
(historical) A pill made with poisonous ingredients to induce a violent reaction, claimed to cure any illness.
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