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patent medicine

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patent medicine
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) a medicine protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
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Noun1.patent medicinepatent medicine - medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
nostrum - patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
Translations
patent medicine n → prodotto medicinale
patent medicine n → prodotto medicinale


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It would be almost as bad as Judson Parker's patent medicine fence.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I am suffering from the particular disease therein dealt with in its most virulent form.
Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
This editor, who published patent medicine advertisements, called me a scoundrelly demagogue because I dared him to print in his paper the truth about patent medicines.
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