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Definitions
patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin nostrum (“ours”), nominative neuter of noster (“our, ours”).
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonyms: paternoster, patent medicine, snake oil”
“In precisely the same way does a quack doctor prescribe his infallible nostrum to every patient, without taking into account differences of constitution, or [...]”
“Many nostrums and traditional medicaments are mentioned throughout Greek literature as aphrodisiac stimulants.”
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