Polychrest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polychrest \Pol"y*chrest\, n. [Gr. ? useful for many purposes;
     poly`s many + ? useful, fr. ? to use: cf. F. polychreste.]
     (Med.)
     A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many
     diseases. [Obs.]
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     {Polychrest salt} (Old Med. Chem.), potassium sulphate,
        specifically obtained by fusing niter with sulphur.
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