Nostrum

Language: English
Pronunciation: nos-trum
Part of Speech: noun

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A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.

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"hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists"

"patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable"

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