patent medicine
1patent medicine — ► NOUN ▪ a medicine made and marketed under a patent and available without prescription …
2patent medicine — pat·ent medicine n: a packaged nonprescription drug which is protected by a trademark and whose contents are incompletely disclosed; also: any drug that is a proprietary Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
3patent medicine — noun count a medicine that you can buy from a store without a doctor s PRESCRIPTION …
4patent medicine — [pat′ nt] n. a trademarked medical preparation that can be bought without a physician s prescription …
5patent medicine — pat·ent medicine pat ənt , Brit usu pāt n a packaged nonprescription drug which is protected by a trademark and whose contents are incompletely disclosed also any drug that is a proprietary * * * a drug or remedy protected by a trademark,… …
6Patent medicine — E.W. Kemble s Death s Laboratory in Collier s in 1906 Patent medicine refers to medical compounds of questionable effectiveness sold under a variety of names and labels. The term patent medicine is somewhat of a misnomer because, in most cases,… …
7patent medicine — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms patent medicine : singular patent medicine plural patent medicines a medicine that you can buy from a shop without a doctor s prescription …
8patent medicine — patent medi|cine [ˌpeıtnt ˈmedsən US ˌpætnt ˈmedısən] n a medicine which can be bought without a ↑prescription (=a written order from your doctor) = ↑over the counter …
9patent medicine — noun a) A medicine that is protected by a patent. b) Any medicine with a proprietary formula which can be bought without a prescription, irrespective of whether it is protected by a patent …
10patent medicine — 1. a medicine sold without a prescription in drugstores or by sales representatives, and usually protected by a trademark. 2. a medicine distributed by a company having a patent on its manufacture. [1760 70] * * * …
