nostrum

1. 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. Source: opted

2. n. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack. Source: opted

3. n. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists Source: wordnet

4. n. patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable Source: wordnet

5. 1. 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. 2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack. The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks. Brougham. Source: webster

6. n:100 n. patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable Source: ecdict

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