ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Polychrestic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Polychrestic is an adjective meaning (obsolete, homeopathy) Able to be used in various ways.

Meaning

(obsolete, homeopathy) Able to be used in various ways.

Example Sentences

Next in order to these polychrestic medicines come the following […]
Theoretically, at least, sulphur and calcarea should precede any, as it were, organopathic prescription for cancer, and such are the multiform, polychrestic powers of these two drugs that a subkatabolic lesion of such import can hardly be imagined where these twain should not be successively indicated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include polyergic, polypathic, multivalent, multipurposed, polysensuous, polylectic.

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