nostrum

Noun

Meaning

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.

Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

panacea cure-all treatment drug medicine remedy catholicon patent medicine quack remedy universal remedy physic specific elixir arcanum formula
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Antonyms

problem disease venom blight disorder illness
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Hypernyms

cure therapeutic remedy curative patent medicine

Hyponyms

elixir

Derivatives

nostrums

Anagrams

Urmston

Examples

"Peace through Strength," surely history's most exploded nostrum. Christopher Hitchens

A patent medicine, also known as a nostrum is a commercial product advertised as a purported over-the-counter medicine without regard to its effectiveness. Source: Internet

He contends that Operation Mare Nostrum encourages immigrants to come to Italy as evidenced by the spike in the number of arrivals: 8,000 and 65,000 for the first half of 2013 and 2014, respectively. Source: Internet

Instead, Gallego, who started his airline career in 1997 with the Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum, takes the reins. Source: Internet

Pons also spoke with Air Europa and Air Nostrum about more inter-island flights because of the increase in the residents discount to 75%. Source: Internet

The boats appeared shortly after Italy had ended its Mare Nostrum naval search and rescue operation. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nostrilful nostrility nostrilled nostrum remedium nosuh nosy