MICROCOSM

microcosm. Microcosm, n. the little world, a title of man, manMicrocosmic salt, the acid of urine or phosphorus

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Mi″cro‐cosm (?), n. [[F. microcosme, L. microcosmus, fr. Gr. μικρόσ small + κόσμοσ the world.]] A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm. Shak.