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- Dictionarypatent medicine
noun
- 1. a proprietary medicine made and marketed under a patent and available without prescription.
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Product that is promoted and sold as a medical cure, which may not have any medical value
A patent medicine is a non-prescription medicine or medicinal preparation that is typically protected and advertised by a trademark and trade name, and claimed to be effective against minor disorders and symptoms, as opposed to a prescription drug that could be obtained only through a pharmacist, usually with a doctor's prescription, and whose composition was openly disclosed. Many over-the-counte... Wikipedia