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SUCCEDANEUM
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Irregular inflected form: succedanea
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("succedaneum" is a kind of...):
replacement; substitute (a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
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