elisir (elisir medicamentoso)
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Elisir (elisir medicamentoso) is a type of sweetened, flavored hydroalcoholic pharmaceutical preparation. It is a term from modern pharmacopoeias, with examples using bitter crude drugs such as cinchona as a base.
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Elisir, in the dictionary entry, is defined as a clear, sweetened, hydroalcoholic solution containing flavoring substances and substances with medicinal action. What is shown here is the meaning of the Italian word, not a description that has verified the effects of any individual product or formulation.
The same dictionary entry gives "elisir di china" (in translation: "cinchona elixir") and "elisir di lunga vita" (in translation: "elixir of long life") as example usages, and traces the word's origin back to the Arabic al-iksīr. The example usage of a cinchona elixir can be confirmed, but this entry itself does not describe bitterness.
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Checked for this overview: Matched to the dictionary definition of a clear, sweetened, hydroalcoholic solution containing flavoring substances and substances with medicinal action. / Matched to the example usages of elisir di china and elisir di lunga vita, and the etymology tracing back to al-iksīr. / Matched to the example usage of elisir di china, and the scope that the entry contains no description of bitterness.
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Scope: The meaning in the 『elisir』 (in translation: "elixir") entry of Treccani Vocabolario.
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concept-elisir-medicinal-preparation —is_defined_in_dictionary_as→ "『Soluzioni idroalcoliche, limpide, dolcificate, contenenti sostanze aromatizzanti e sostanze ad azione medicamentosa』 (in translation: "Clear, sweetened hydroalcoholic solutions containing flavoring substances and substances with medicinal action")."Scope: An example usage in the Treccani entry for "elisir." There is no mention of bitterness within this entry's definition itself.
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concept-elisir-medicinal-preparation —includes→ ""Elisir di china" (cinchona elixir) is given as an example usage."