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a) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.b) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.See Also: quack
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Quackery — Quack er*y, n.; pl. {Quackeries}. The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quackery — index abortion (fiasco), fraud, hypocrisy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
quackery — (n.) c.1710, from QUACK (Cf. quack) (n.) + ERY (Cf. ery) … Etymology dictionary
quackery — [kwak′ər ē] n. the claims or methods of a quack … English World dictionary
Quackery — Quack redirects here. For other uses, see Quack (disambiguation). WPA poster, 1936 38 Quackery is a derogatory term used to describe the promotion[1] of unproven or fraudulent medica … Wikipedia
quackery — [[t]kwæ̱kəri[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you refer to a form of medical treatment as quackery, you think that it is unlikely to work because it is not scientific. To some people, herbal remedies smell of quackery … English dictionary
Quackery — Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance or device for the prevention or treatment of disease. We may think that the day of patent medicines is gone but look around you and you will see them still. They appeal to our desire to… … Medical dictionary
quackery — Ⅰ. quack [1] ► NOUN ▪ the characteristic harsh sound made by a duck. ► VERB ▪ make this sound. ORIGIN imitative. Ⅱ. quack [2] ► NOUN … English terms dictionary
quackery — noun Date: circa 1711 the practices or pretensions of a quack … New Collegiate Dictionary
quackery — /kwak euh ree/, n., pl. quackeries. 1. the practice or methods of a quack. 2. an instance of this. [1700 10; QUACK2 + ERY] * * * … Universalium
