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View synonyms for patent medicine
patent medicine
noun
- a medicine sold without a prescription in drugstores or by sales representatives, and usually protected by a trademark.
- a medicine distributed by a company having a patent on its manufacture.
patent medicine
noun
- a medicine protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
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Word History and Origins
Origin of patent medicine1
First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences
He isn't one of these raw hayseeds who hands you chestnuts out of patent medicine almanacs.
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It is interesting as showing the patent medicine faker's touching confidence in the power of advertising.
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There is not a patent medicine on the market for which any more blatant, extravagant and ridiculous claims are made.
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This product is another of the patent-medicine–ethical-proprietary type of nostrums.
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Midol is not the only patent medicine in which pyramidon is the essential drug.
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