PATENT MEDICINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("patent medicine" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "patent medicine"):

nostrum (patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable)

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