Meaning of NOSTRUM
| Pronunciation: | | 'nâstrum
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- [n] patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
- [n] hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
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NOSTRUM is a 7 letter word that starts with N. |
| | Synonyms: | | cure-all, panacea |
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| | See Also: | | curative, cure, elixir, patent medicine, remedy | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Nos"trum\ (-tr[u^]m), n.; pl. {Nostrums} (-tr[u^]mz).
[Neut. sing. of L. noster ours, fr. nos we. See {Us}.]
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.
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