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nos⋅trum
[nos-truh
m] 
–noun
| 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. |
Origin:
1595–1605; < L nostrum our, ours (neut. sing. of noster); referring to the seller's calling the drug “our” drug
1595–1605; < L nostrum our, ours (neut. sing. of noster); referring to the seller's calling the drug “our” drug
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| nos·trum (nŏs'trəm) n.
[From Latin nostrum (remedium), our (remedy), neuter of noster; see nes-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Nostrum
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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nostrum
"quack medicine," 1602, from L. nostrum remedium "our remedy," presumably that prepared by the person offering it, from L. nostrum, neut. of noster "our," from nos "we," from PIE *nos (see us).
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Main Entry: nos·trum
Pronunciation: 'näs-tr&m
Function: noun
: a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usuallywithout scientific proof of its effectiveness
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nostrum nos·trum (nŏs'trəm)
n.
A medicine whose effectiveness is unproved and whose ingredients are usually secret; a quack remedy.
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