Nostrum

['nɒstrəm] or ['nɑstrəm]

Definition

(noun.) patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable.

Editor: Rena--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.

Typist: Miranda

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Quack medicine, patent medicine.

Checked by Jacques

Definition

n. any secret quack or patent medicine: any favourite remedy or scheme.

Checker: Sumner