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NOSTRUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nostrum" is a kind of...):
patent medicine (medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
Synonyms:
catholicon; cure-all; nostrum; panacea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nostrum" is a kind of...):
curative; cure; remedy; therapeutic (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nostrum"):
elixir (a substance believed to cure all ills)
