patent medicine (Meaning)

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patent medicine (n)

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

The peddler sold a dubious patent medicine claiming it could cure all ailments.
The government cracked down on the sale of fraudulent patent medicines.
The homeopathic concoction was touted as a patent medicine, but its efficacy was questionable.
In the Wild West, patent medicines were often the only medical treatment available.
The traveling salesman hawked patent medicines from the back of his wagon.
The newspaper advertised a patent medicine that promised to improve digestion and clear the complexion.
The elderly woman was desperate to find a patent medicine that would alleviate her pain.
The patent medicine industry flourished in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Some patent medicines contained harmful ingredients, such as alcohol or opium.
Modern medicine has largely replaced the need for patent medicines.

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

prescription,prescription drug, botanical, drug, medicine, physic, nostrum, miracle drug, potion, remedy

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The peddler sold a dubious patent medicine claiming it could cure all ailments.

The government cracked down on the sale of fraudulent patent medicines.

The homeopathic concoction was touted as a patent medicine, but its efficacy was questionable.

In the Wild West, patent medicines were often the only medical treatment available.