a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
"The pharmacist added a drop of cherry-flavored elixir to the bitter antibiotic syrup so my child would swallow it without complaining."
hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
"The medieval scholar spent his entire fortune searching for an elixir, convinced it could turn lead into pure gold."
a substance believed to cure all ills
"The old alchemist claimed his secret recipe was an elixir capable of curing every disease known to man."
A liquid which converts lead to gold.
"The alchemist claimed his secret elixir could turn ordinary lead into pure gold, though no one else has ever seen such a miracle."