patent medicine

patent medicine
Synonyms and related words:
balm, balsam, drops, drug, electuary, elixir, ethical drug, generic name, herbs, inhalant, lincture, linctus, materia medica, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicinal herbs, medicine, mixture, nonprescription drug, nostrum, officinal, pharmacon, physic, powder, preparation, prescription drug, proprietary, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, quack remedy, simples, snake oil, syrup, theraputant, tisane, vegetable remedies

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  • patent medicine — ► NOUN ▪ a medicine made and marketed under a patent and available without prescription …   English terms dictionary

  • patent medicine — pat·ent medicine n: a packaged nonprescription drug which is protected by a trademark and whose contents are incompletely disclosed; also: any drug that is a proprietary Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • patent medicine — noun count a medicine that you can buy from a store without a doctor s PRESCRIPTION …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • patent medicine — [pat′ nt] n. a trademarked medical preparation that can be bought without a physician s prescription …   English World dictionary

  • patent medicine — pat·ent medicine pat ənt , Brit usu pāt n a packaged nonprescription drug which is protected by a trademark and whose contents are incompletely disclosed also any drug that is a proprietary * * * a drug or remedy protected by a trademark,… …   Medical dictionary

  • Patent medicine — E.W. Kemble s Death s Laboratory in Collier s in 1906 Patent medicine refers to medical compounds of questionable effectiveness sold under a variety of names and labels. The term patent medicine is somewhat of a misnomer because, in most cases,… …   Wikipedia

  • patent medicine — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms patent medicine : singular patent medicine plural patent medicines a medicine that you can buy from a shop without a doctor s prescription …   English dictionary

  • patent medicine — patent medi|cine [ˌpeıtnt ˈmedsən US ˌpætnt ˈmedısən] n a medicine which can be bought without a ↑prescription (=a written order from your doctor) = ↑over the counter …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • patent medicine — noun a) A medicine that is protected by a patent. b) Any medicine with a proprietary formula which can be bought without a prescription, irrespective of whether it is protected by a patent …   Wiktionary

  • patent medicine — 1. a medicine sold without a prescription in drugstores or by sales representatives, and usually protected by a trademark. 2. a medicine distributed by a company having a patent on its manufacture. [1760 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • patent medicine — noun medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor s prescription (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug • Hyponyms: ↑nostrum …   Useful english dictionary

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