pseudo-medicine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any system of treatment of physical ailments, or substances prescribed for such treatment, purported to be medical or supported by critical medical science but which cannot be shown to be effective

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pseudo-medicine pseudo-medicines pseudomedicine

From pseudo- + medicine. 19th-century coinage (1820s or 1830s).

quackery health fraud

alternative medicine

pseudo-medical

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