"sympathetic powder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sympathetic powders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sympathetic powder (countable and uncountable, plural sympathetic powders)
  1. (alchemy, historical) A kind of powder supposed to be able to cure a wound if applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or to a portion of the bloodied clothes of the wounded person. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Alchemy
    Sense id: en-sympathetic_powder-en-noun-DAOr7F08 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: alchemy, pseudoscience

Inflected forms

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