Succedaneum

[,sʌksi'deiniәm]

(noun.) (medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another).

Editor: Melinda--From WordNet

(n.) One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute

(n.) a remedy used as a substitute for another.

Editor: Pasquale

n. Substitute.

Typed by Jody