• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (liànjīngyào)

• Danish: eliskir
• Finnish: eliksiiri
• German: Elixier
• Hungarian: elixír
• Russian: эликсир

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (wànnéngyào)

• Danish: eliskir
• Finnish: eliksiiri
• German: Elixier, Zaubertrunk, Heilmittel
• Hungarian: elixír
• Russian: эликсир, панацея

• ttbc Arabic: (’iksīr)
• ttbc Greek: ελιξίριο (eliksírio)
• ttbc Hebrew:
  • סַם פֶּלֶא
  • מַרְפֵּא פֶּלֶא
• ttbc Italian: elisir
• ttbc Japanese: エリクシル (erikushiru)
• ttbc Korean: 연금술의 영액 (yeon-geumsul-ui yeong-aek)
• ttbc Latin: elixir
• ttbc Persian: (eksīr)
• ttbc Portuguese: elixir
• ttbc Scottish Gaelic: brìgh , ìocshlaint
• ttbc Slovak: elixír
• ttbc Spanish: elixir
• ttbc Swedish: elixir
• ttbc Turkish: iksir

An elixir (From Arabic,الإكسير Al-Ikseer) is a pharmaceutical preparation containing an active ingredient (such as morphine) that is dissolved in a solution that contains some percentage of ethyl alcohol and is designed to be taken orally.

Elixir may also refer to:

• Elixir bhu, a cultural festival organized each year in the second half of February at the Institute of Medical Sciences
• Elixir (metal band), a British heavy metal band.
• Elixir of life, also known as the elixir of immortality
• Elixir (band), Goa trance music
• Elixir Studios, a British video game developer
• Elixir (comics), a fictional mutant in the Marvel Universe
• Elixir Strings, for electric, acoustic, and bass guitars as well as banjo and mandolin
• L'elisir d'amore, The Elixir of Love, an opera

See also

• Tincture, in which alcohol is the major solvent and the ingredient is often highly concentrated
• Potion, a drinkable medicine or poison
• Panacea (medicine), mythological remedy that would cure all diseases
• Internal alchemy
• Concoction

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