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Para·cel·sus (par′ə sel′səs)

Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus (fi lip′əs ō̂ rē′ə ləs) (born Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493-1541; Swiss physician & alchemist

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