1) Alternative medicine 2) An instance of this 3) Charlatanism 4) Empiricism 5) Medical practice 6) The dishonesty of a charlatan 1) Charlatanism 2) Empiricism 
Quackery is the promotion of unproven or fraudulent medical practices. Random House Dictionary describes a `quack` as a `fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill` or `a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan`. The word `quack` derives fro...
• (n.) The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance or device for the prevention or treatment of disease. We may think that the day of patent medicines is gone but look around you and you will see them still. They appeal to our desire to believe that every disease is curable or at least treatable. Quackery also applies to persons who pretend...
(kwak´әr-e) the practice or methods of a quack.
Quack'er·y noun ; plural Quackeries The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism. Carlyle. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: kwak′ĕr-ē Synonyms: charlatanism
Quackery: Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance or device for the prevention or treatment of disease. We may think that the day of patent medicines is gone but look around you and you will see them still. They appeal to our desire to believe that every disease is curable or at least treatable. Quackery also applies to persons w...
noun medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
the practice or methods of a quack. · an instance of this.