1. Noun
A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.
2. Noun
Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
3. Noun
patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
4. Noun
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
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