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patent medicine
noun
Definition of PATENT MEDICINE
: a packaged nonprescription drug which is protected by a trademark and whose contents are incompletely disclosed; also : any drug that is a proprietary
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First Known Use of PATENT MEDICINE
1770
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patent medicine
noun pat·ent medicine \ˈpat-ənt-, British usually ˈpāt-\
Medical Definition of PATENT MEDICINE
: a packaged nonprescription drug which is protected by a trademark and whose contents are incompletely disclosed; also : any drug that is a proprietary
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