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nostrum |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nostrum \Nos"trum\ (-tr[u^]m), n.; pl {Nostrums} (-tr[u^]mz). [Neut. sing. of L. noster ours fr nos we See {Us}.] 1. 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. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack. The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks. --Brougham. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nostrum n 1: a remedy for all ills or diseases [syn: {panacea}, {cure-all}] 2: a patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
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