What is "elixir"

Elixir \E*lix"ir\, n. [F. ['e]lixir, Sp. elixir, Ar. eliks[=i]r the philosopher's stone, prob. from Gr. ? dry, (hence probably) a dry powder; cf. Skr. ksh[=a] to burn.]

1. (Med.) A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.

2. (Alchemy) An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vit[ae], or the elixir of life.

3. The refined spirit; the quintessence.

   The . . . elixir of worldly delights.
   --South.

4. Any cordial or substance which invigorates.

   The grand elixir, to support the spirits of human nature.
   --Addison.

mid-13c., from Medieval Latin elixir "philosopher's stone," believed by alchemists to transmute baser metals into gold and/or to cure diseases and prolong life, from Arabic al-iksir "the philosopher's stone," probably from late Greek xerion "powder for drying wounds," from xeros "dry" (see xerasia). Later in medical use for "a tincture with more than one base." General sense of "strong tonic" is 1590s; used for quack medicines from at least 1630s.

n. 1 (context alchemy English) A liquid which converts lead to gold. 2 A liquid which is believed to cure all ills and gives eternal life. 3 (context pharmacy English) 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.

1. n. 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

2. a substance believed to cure all ills

ELIXIR (the European life-sciences Infrastructure for biological Information) is an initiative that will allow life science laboratories across Europe to share and store their research data as part of an organised network. Its goal is to bring together Europe’s laboratories and data centres to help coordinate the collection, quality control and storage of large amounts of biological data produced by life science experiments. ELIXIR aims to ensure that biological data is integrated into a centralised system where by all facets of the scientific community can access existing research easily.

Elixir (Joshua "Josh" Foley), is a fictional mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a student at the Xavier Institute.

Elixir is a British heavy metal band, formed by Steve Bentley, Kevin Dobbs, Nigel Dobbs and Phil Denton in November 1983. They are notable for being associated with the new wave of British heavy metal movement.

Elixir is the annual cultural, literary and sports festival of the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. It is held in the second half of February, usual dates being 12–15 February. This week-long extravaganza is the one of biggest inter-college festival of the medical fraternity of India, with participation of about 100 medical colleges all over India. Apart from the medical colleges, women's college, BHU & basanta women's college also participate in various events in Elixir. For some of the mega events, like the Rock Nite, attendance may go over 10,000. The number of registered delegates varies from 3,000 to 6,000 every year. Registration is required for participants from outside IMS BHU. Registered delegates are provided accommodation and transportation at a nominal cost for the four days. Participants in medical colleges from even the farthest corners of India eagerly await the invitation to elixir and come to Varanasi to attend Elixir. The regular winning teams for many events practise vigorously to maintain their status in Elixir. An Elixir champion in the well participated events can be considered an inter-medical champion of national level.''

Elixir is a computer game for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro released in 1987 by Superior Software. It is an arcade adventure platform game in which the player takes the role of a shrunken scientist.

Elixir is the debut young adult novel co-written by American entertainer Hilary Duff with Elise Allen. It was available at booksellers on October 12, 2010. It is the first in a series of books that Duff became committed to write. Elise Allen collaborated on the first book with Duff, and became committed to work jointly with her on the others. The book is now a New York Times Best Seller.

''for the Elixir (Elixir album) by Australian band Elixir (Australian band)''.

Elixir is the third studio album by Fourplay, released in 1995. Among the guest vocalists on this album are Phil Collins, Patti Austin and Peabo Bryson.

An elixir is a type of pharmaceutical preparation.

Elixir may also refer to:

In music:

• Elixir (band), a British heavy metal band
• Elixir (Australian band), an Australian jazz band
• Elixir Strings, an American maker of strings for stringed instruments
• Elixir (album), an album by Fourplay
• "Elixir", a song by Vast Aire

In other media:

• Elixir (BHU), an annual cultural festival at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
• Elixir (comics), a fictional mutant in the Marvel Universe
• Elixir (Duff novel), a novel by Hilary Duff
• Elixir (Walters novel), a novel by Eric Walters
• Elixir (video game), a 1987 video game
• Elixir (programming language), a programming language for developing concurrent software
• Elixir Studios, a British video game developer
• ELIXIR, the European life-sciences Infrastructure for biological Information.

Elixir is a functional, concurrent, general-purpose programming language that runs on the Erlang virtual machine (BEAM). Elixir builds on top of Erlang and shares the same abstractions for building distributed, fault-tolerant applications. Elixir also provides a productive tooling and an extensible design. The latter supported by compile-time metaprogramming with macros and polymorphism via protocols.

Elixir is successfully used in the industry by companies such as Pinterest and Moz. Elixir is also used for web development, by companies such as Bleacher Report and Inverse, and for building embedded-systems. The community organizes yearly events in both United States and Europe as well as minor local events and conferences.

Elixir is a women's fragrance by Colombian singer songwriter Shakira, developed in a collaboration with international fashion company Puig. After the release of her first two fragrances, Puig enlisted several perfumers to work on Shakira's third fragrance, which she claimed would capture her "most sensual and exotic side." The final product was Elixir, an oriental perfume based on various spicy and woody sources. The flacon of the perfume is inspired by apothecary bottles and is made to resemble a magical potion, featuring a light golden colour scheme.

Shakira launched the fragrance at a press release in São Paulo, Brazil, in July 2012. Additionally, Jaume de Laiguana directed a commercial for the fragrance, which was filmed in the Sahara desert in Morocco. In August 2013, Wild Elixir was released as a flanker fragrance to Elixir. The floral oriental perfume is similar to the original one in appearance but features a variation in the colour scheme. It was promoted through a commercial which features Shakira encountering two cheetahs in an arid landscape.

Elixir is a live album by American avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Hal Russell's Chemical Feast recorded in Chicago in 1979 and released posthumously on the Atavistic label in 2001.

Elixir is a children's historical novel by Canadian author Eric Walters. It takes place in the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario in the year of 1921 and is based on the discovery of insulin by Frederick Banting and Charles Best. The story is told from Ruth's point of view.

Elixir is an Australian jazz trio formed in Brisbane in 1997 by Katie Noonan and Nick Stewart from ARIA award winning, double-platinum selling band george and River Petein. Isaac Hurren joined the group prior to the release of their debut album. Since then Petein and Stewart have left while Stephen Magnusson joined the group on jazz guitar in 2005.

To date, they have released two studio albums and have won an ARIA Award. “We’re about freedom and spontaneity, particularly in a live set,” explains Noonan.

Elixir is the debut studio album by Australian jazz band Elixir, released in May 2003 and peaked at number 24 on the ARIA Charts. The band was formed in Brisbane in 1997 by Katie Noonan and Nick Stewart from ARIA award winning, double-platinum selling band george and River Petein.

Elixir is a 2016 Bengali short film by Anirban Guha, a Delhi-based banker. During his student days, Guha was deeply involved with theatre. Post that, he also did a few stage productions in Delhi and Bangalore. Elixir has been selected for the Cannes Short Film Corner 2016 along with six other Bengali films. The cast includes Daminee Benny Basu, Arindom Ghosh, Mahul Brahma, Dr. Koushik Dutta.