'patent medicine' definitions:
Definition of 'patent medicine'
From: WordNet
noun
Medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
Synonyms of 'patent medicine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- balm,
- balsam,
- drops,
- drug,
- electuary,
- elixir,
- ethical drug,
- generic name,
- herbs,
- inhalant,
- lincture,
- linctus,
- materia medica,
- medicament,
- medication,
- medicinal,
- medicinal herbs,
- medicine,
- mixture,
- nonprescription drug,
- nostrum,
- officinal,
- pharmacon,
- physic,
- powder,
- preparation,
- prescription drug,
- proprietary,
- proprietary medicine,
- proprietary name,
- quack remedy,
- simples,
- snake oil,
- syrup,
- theraputant,
- tisane,
- vegetable remedies