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paracelsus

noun /pærəsɛlsəs/ 4 syllables 10 letters Scrabble 14 WWF 18
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noun

Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)

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