Magistral

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1. Adjective

Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.

2. Adjective

Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup.

3. Adjective

Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; -- opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.

4. Noun

A sovereign medicine or remedy.

5. Noun

A magistral line.

6. Noun

Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.
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