| 单词 | nostrum |
| 释义 | nostrum /nos"treuhm/, n. 1. a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine. 2. a scheme, theory, device, etc., esp. one to remedy social or political ills; panacea. 3. a medicine made by the person who recommends it. 4. a patent medicine. [1595-1605; < L nostrum our, ours (neut. sing. of noster); referring to the seller's calling the drug "our" drug] |
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