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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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);
[syn: Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus
    n 1: 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) [syn: Paracelsus,
         Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, Theophrastus Philippus
         Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim]