Paracelsus: Meaning and Definition of

Par•a•cel•sus

Pronunciation: (par"u-sel'sus), [key]
— n.
  1. (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
  2. (italics) a dramatic poem (1835) by Robert Browning, based on the life of Paracelsus.
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