A remedy or medicine, esp. one used by an empiric (see sense A. 2); = empirical, n. Frequently in figurative contexts. Obsolete. rare.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > worthless or quack (5) empiric?a1425 A remedy or medicine, esp. one used by an empiric (see sense A. 2); = empirical, n. Frequently in figurative contexts. Obsolete. rare. empirical1656 A remedy or treatment used by an uneducated or fraudulent practitioner of medicine. Cf. sense A. 1c, and empiric, n. 1. rare. powder of post1662 the powder of a worm-eaten post; = powder-post n. at compounds 5; (figurative) used as the type of an ineffectual or worthless medicine. Obsolete. powder-post1790 the powder of worm-eaten wood; (also) the damaged condition of wood reduced to powder by boring larvae; occasionally figurative; cf. powder of post n.… snake oil1831 A substance or product sold as a remedy for a disease or medical condition but which has no real medicinal value; a panacea. |
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