English Explanatory Dictionary

patent medicine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medicine that is protected by a patent.
  2. Any medicine with a proprietary formula which can be bought without a prescription, irrespective of whether it is protected by a patent.

Word forms

patent medicine patent medicines
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