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- Dictionarypat·ent med·i·cine/ˈpatnt ˈmedəsən/
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- 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, also known as a proprietary medicine or nostrum (from the Latin nostrum remedium, or "our remedy"), is a commercial product advertised (usually heavily) as an over-the-counter medicine, without regard to its actual effectiveness. Patent medicines are typically characterized as pseudoscientific. Wikipedia
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