1) Curative 2) Cure 3) Cure-all 4) Favorite remedy 5) Medicine show elixir 6) Once sought by the alchemists 7) Panacea 8) Patent medicine 9) Patent remedy 10) Quack cure-all 11) Quack medicine 12) Quack remedy 13) Questionable remedy 14) Remedy 15) Snake oil 16) Spurious remedy
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1) Cure 2) Cureall 3) Elixir 4) Panacea
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secret or quack medicine
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• (n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack. • (n.) A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine. • (n.) A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor...
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Origin: Neut. Sing. Of L. Noster ours, fr. Nos we. See Us. ... 1. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine. ... 2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack. 'The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks.' (...
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(nos´trәm) a quack, patent, or secret remedy.
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Nos'trum (-trŭm)
noun ;
plural Nostrums (-trŭmz). [ Neut. sing. of Latin
noster ours, from
nos we. See
Us .]
1. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor...
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a quack remedy an untested cureÂ
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Type: Term Pronunciation: nos′trŭm Definitions: 1. General term for a therapeutic agent, sometimes patented but usually of secret composition, offered to the general public as a specific remedy for any disease or class of diseases. Term currently carries a pejorative connotation.
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Nostrum: A worthless remedy. 'Nostrum' is an example of a term that came from medicine, entered the world beyond medicine, fell into disuse in medicine, but is still used outside medicine. A nostrum was a medicine of secret composition recommended by the person who concocted it but with no scientific proof of its effectiveness. A patent medicine (o...
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[
n] - patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
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noun patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
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a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine. · a scheme, theory, device, etc., esp. one to remedy social or political ills; panacea. · a medicine made by the person who recommends it. · a patent medicine.
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[SAT terms] patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
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[Obscure words] patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
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patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
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[Intelligent words] patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
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