alchemy definition by Wordo

Noun

The

premodern

and

early

modern

study

of

physical

changes

,

particularly

in

Europe

,

Arabia

,

and

China

;

and

chiefly

in

pursuit

of

an

elixir

of

immortality

,

a

universal

panacea

,

or

a

s stone

able

to

transmute

base metals

into

gold

,

eventually

developing

into

chemistry

.