Medical term:

nostrum



nostrum

 [nos´trum]
a quack, patent, or secret remedy.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

nos·trum

(nos'trŭm),
General term for a therapeutic agent, sometimes patented but usually of secret composition, offered to the general public as a specific remedy for any disease or class of diseases. Term currently carries a pejorative connotation.
[L. neuter of noster, our, "our own remedy"]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

nostrum

(nŏs′trəm)
n.
1. A medicine whose effectiveness is unproved and whose ingredients are usually secret; a quack remedy.
2. A favorite but usually ineffective remedy for problems or evils.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
A bottled mixture of herbs and plants, often in a 25% to 50% alcohol base, that was most popular from the 1870s to the 1930s, primarily in the American West; patent medicines were huckstered as cure-alls for conditions ranging from smallpox to cholera, and sold by mail or in travelling medicine shows
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

nos·trum

(nos'trŭm)
General term for a therapeutic agent, sometimes patented but usually of secret composition, offered to the general public as a specific remedy for any disease or class of diseases.
[L. neuter of noster, our, "our own remedy"]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

nostrum

A medicine, especially a patent, secret and often QUACK remedy.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

nos·trum

(nos'trŭm)
General term for therapeutic agent, sometimes patented but usually of secret composition, offered to the general public as a specific remedy for any disease or class of diseases. Term currently carries a pejorative connotation.
[L. neuter of noster, our, "our own remedy"]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012


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