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alchemy
noun
    1. The forerunner of modern chemistry, which centred around attempts to convert ordinary metals into gold, and to discover a universal remedy for illness, known as the elixir of life.
Derivative: alchemist
noun
    Etymology: 14c as alkamy: from Arabic al the + kimiya, from Greek kemeia transmutation.



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