AR'OPH, [A contraction of aroma philosophorum.] 1. A name by which saffron is sometimes called. 2. A chimical preparation of Paracelsus, formed by sublimation from equal quantities of hematite and sal ammoniac. The word is also used by the same writer as synonymous with lithontriptic, a solvent for the stone.
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