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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALKAHEST

Apparently coined by Paracelsus on the model of Arabic words.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ALKAHEST

alkahest  [ˈælkəˌhɛst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALKAHEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alkahest is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALKAHEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

alkahest

Alkahest

Alkahest is a hypothetical universal solvent, having the power to dissolve every other substance, including gold. It was much sought after by alchemists for what they thought would be its invaluable medicinal qualities. Image of Alchimia, the embodiment of Alchemy Woodcut published by Leonhard Thurneysser in 1574. Thurneysser was a student of Paracelsus.

Definition of alkahest in the English dictionary

The definition of alkahest in the dictionary is the hypothetical universal solvent sought by alchemists.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALKAHEST


alcahest
ˈælkəˌhɛst
behest
bɪˈhɛst
best
bɛst
breast
brɛst
Budapest
ˌbjuːdəˈpɛst
chest
tʃɛst
contest
ˈkɒntɛst
dressed
drɛst
est
ɛst
fest
fɛst
guest
ɡɛst
hest
hɛst
jest
dʒɛst
processed
ˈprəʊsɛst
quest
kwɛst
request
rɪˈkwɛst
rest
rɛst
suggest
səˈdʒɛst
test
tɛst
west
wɛst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALKAHEST

alk.
alkahestic
alkalescence
alkalescency
alkalescent
alkali
alkali flat
alkali metal
alkali soil
alkalic
alkalified
alkalifies
alkalify
alkalimeter
alkalimetric
alkalimetry
alkalin
alkaline
alkaline earth
alkaline earth element

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALKAHEST

barghest
chest-on-chest
community chest
farthest
furthest
get something off one´s chest
hope chest
medicine chest
pyx chest
rathest
sea chest
slop chest
steam-chest
tea chest
toolchest
toychest
treasure chest
war chest
wind chest

Synonyms and antonyms of alkahest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alkahest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALKAHEST

Find out the translation of alkahest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alkahest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alkahest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

alkahest
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Alkahest
570 millions of speakers

English

alkahest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

alkahest
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

alkahest
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

алкахест
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alkahest
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

alkahest
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alkaest
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alkahest
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Alkahest
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

alkahest
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

alkahest
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alkahest
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

alkahest
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரசவாதியால் கூறப்படும் அனைத்துப் பிணி நீக்கும் மருந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अक्कच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alkahest
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alkahest
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alkahest
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

алкахест
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alkahest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

alkahest
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

alkahest
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alkahest
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alkahest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alkahest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALKAHEST»

The term «alkahest» is regularly used and occupies the 100.932 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALKAHEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «alkahest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «alkahest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alkahest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALKAHEST»

Discover the use of alkahest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alkahest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Alkahest
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Honoré de Balzac, 2010
2
The Alkahest
Balzac, Honore de. The Alkahest by Honoréde Balzac TranslatedbyKatharinePrescottWormeley Balzac The Alkahest by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley Dedication.
Balzac, Honore de, 2013
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The Alkahest: The Quest of the Absolute
Philosophical Study' from La Comedie Humaine (The Human Comedy).
Honore De Balzac, 2006
4
The Aspiring Adept: Robert Boyle and His Alchemical Quest
The notion of the alkahest as a universal resolving agent was developed by van Helmont, who equated the alkahest with Paracelsus's sal circulatum, mentioned in his De renovatione et restoratione, which could reduce bodies to their primal ...
Lawrence M. Principe, 2000
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Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific ...
Of special interest was the universal solvent that van Helmont called Alkahest and which Paracelsus was also thought to have prepared under a different name. According to van Helmont, the Alkahest turned everything, including metals and ...
Bruce T. MORAN, Bruce T Moran, 2009
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The Secret of the Immortal Liquor Called Alkahest: A ...
THIS 20 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Collectanea Chemica, by Eirenaeus Philalethes. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0922802815.
Eirenaeus Philalethes, 2010
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Anselm Kiefer, Alkahest: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
I often lay pictures on the floor and pour water over them, or pour on water that has paint dissolved in it. So I'm exposing them to dilution."" Alkahest" features color reproductions of the series as well as a poem by Christopher Ransmayr.
Arne Ehmann, 2011
8
The Alkahest, Or, the House of Claes
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Anonymous, 2010
9
Seraphita; the Alkahest
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Honoré de Balzac, Katharine Prescott Wormeley, 2010
10
Alchemy Tried in the Fire: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of ...
merely inserted for the sake of its exotic novelty—the fact that the Hel- montian alkahest was capable of being withdrawn intact from the substances it had dissolved meant that it did not combine with the corpuscles of the dissolved body.
William R. Newman, Lawrence M. Principe, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALKAHEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alkahest is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ashland Gets Crafty, Stays Local
The variety of vendors who come to the Saturday Market include Wild Bee Honey Farm, Pennington Farms, B&B Gardens, and Alkahest ... «Siskiyou, May 15»
2
Young Blood Could Help Treat Alzheimer's Patients
He has co-founded a biotechnology company, Alkahest, to explore treatments. Next month, his team at Stanford will give a transfusion of blood ... «Newsweek, May 15»
3
Is The Elixir Of Youth Closer Than We Think? A New Way Of …
Grifols invests in startup Alkahest to develop (young) plasma based products for aging/neurodegeneration. Another approach to aging involves ... «Seeking Alpha, Mar 15»
4
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... was jegliche Chance vernichtet, mit täglichem Instanzlaufen noch an genug Alkahest zu kommen, um Waffen und Ausrüstung zu verzaubern. «playMASSIVE.de, Mar 15»
5
Biotech Stocks For Your Portfolio - Grifols SA, Barcelona (GRFS …
The company, on March 04, 2015, declared that it has signed definitive agreements with Alkahest, a Redwood City, California based, privately ... «Wall Street Observer, Mar 15»
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This Week's Deals
Latham & Watkins guided Redwood City-based Alkahest Inc. in its agreement with Barcelona-based Grifols S.A. to receive an initial equity ... «The Recorder, Mar 15»
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Startup Alkahest inks a $50M deal for anti-aging R&D
Alkahest, a member of Johnson & Johnson's ($JNJ) just-launched biotech incubator, signed a $50 million agreement with Spanish giant Grifols ... «FierceBiotech, Mar 15»
8
The Vampire Cure for Aging
Researchers at the biomedical startup Alkahest in California are actually running a small clinical trial that involves injecting human blood ... «Reason, Feb 15»
9
BRIEF-Spain's Grifols buys 45 percent of Alkahest for $37.5 million
Says buys 45 percent of U.S. biopharmaceutical company Alkahest for $37.5 million. * Grifols said will pay an additional $12.5 million to finance ... «Reuters, Jan 15»
10
Year in review: Young blood aids old brains
A clinical trial, led by Stanford University scientists and the biomedical company Alkahest, cofounded by Wyss-Coray, involves injecting a unit of ... «Science News, Dec 14»

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