NOSTRUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nostrum" is a kind of...):

patent medicine (medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription)

Meaning:

Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

Synonyms:

catholicon; cure-all; nostrum; panacea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nostrum" is a kind of...):

curative; cure; remedy; therapeutic (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nostrum"):

elixir (a substance believed to cure all ills)