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词汇 patent medicine
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Definition of patent medicine in English:

patent medicine

noun
  • A proprietary medicine made and marketed under a patent and available without prescription.

    成药;专卖药;非处方药

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In China I was introduced to traditional Chinese medicine, including patent medicines, herbology and meridian work.
    • It produces and sells high-quality patent medicines.
    • She thought that older people might be sceptical about the value of complementary health measures and prefer to buy the patent medicines used in their younger days.
    • Suppliers should not make available patent medicines whose ingredients are not certain, and practitioners should not prescribe them.
    • There are also many sites where the information presented is more problematic, such as some of the claims being made for patent medicines and herbal remedies.
    • Chemists made up their own remedies in addition to selling the many patent medicines available.
    • I came across the site today when I heard on the radio that ketchup was originally sold as a patent medicine.
    • They were used in Europe only by ‘Orientals’ and some adventurous and transgressive literati, though they were also hidden in patent medicines and tonics.
    • He also ran a profitable business in patent medicines.
    • This book is recommended to all practitioners of Chinese patent medicines.
    • And we keep hearing from readers about new uses for this old patent medicine.
    • But as popular and lucrative as cure-all patent medicines were in the 1890s, they failed to generate the kind of money to which Rosenblum's lifestyle aspired.
    • The ‘medicines’ include alcohol, tobacco, and patent medicines.
    • It was excruciating - she assuaged her agony with patent medicines and gin-and-tonics - but she believes she has been ‘improved’ by it.
    • Charlatans sell bogus patent medicines by Internet and infomercial.
    • The few barrels they produced were used to make patent medicines.
    • A more recent category of Cajun cures consists of patent medicines and certain other commercial products.
    • The ethically dubious world of patent medicines was born.
    • Beatrice's father made a fortune in business with his brother selling patent medicines.
    • This research is an effort to create an awareness. of the potential hazards of some Chinese patent medicines which contain mercurial ingredients.
    Synonyms
    medication, medicament, remedy, cure, nostrum, quack remedy, panacea, cure-all, placebo, drug, prescription, dose, treatment

Definition of patent medicine in US English:

patent medicine

nounˈpatnt ˈmedəsən
  • A proprietary medicine made and marketed under a patent and available without prescription.

    成药;专卖药;非处方药

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She thought that older people might be sceptical about the value of complementary health measures and prefer to buy the patent medicines used in their younger days.
    • Beatrice's father made a fortune in business with his brother selling patent medicines.
    • Suppliers should not make available patent medicines whose ingredients are not certain, and practitioners should not prescribe them.
    • The ethically dubious world of patent medicines was born.
    • It was excruciating - she assuaged her agony with patent medicines and gin-and-tonics - but she believes she has been ‘improved’ by it.
    • And we keep hearing from readers about new uses for this old patent medicine.
    • The ‘medicines’ include alcohol, tobacco, and patent medicines.
    • This research is an effort to create an awareness. of the potential hazards of some Chinese patent medicines which contain mercurial ingredients.
    • The few barrels they produced were used to make patent medicines.
    • A more recent category of Cajun cures consists of patent medicines and certain other commercial products.
    • Charlatans sell bogus patent medicines by Internet and infomercial.
    • He also ran a profitable business in patent medicines.
    • I came across the site today when I heard on the radio that ketchup was originally sold as a patent medicine.
    • In China I was introduced to traditional Chinese medicine, including patent medicines, herbology and meridian work.
    • But as popular and lucrative as cure-all patent medicines were in the 1890s, they failed to generate the kind of money to which Rosenblum's lifestyle aspired.
    • There are also many sites where the information presented is more problematic, such as some of the claims being made for patent medicines and herbal remedies.
    • Chemists made up their own remedies in addition to selling the many patent medicines available.
    • It produces and sells high-quality patent medicines.
    • They were used in Europe only by ‘Orientals’ and some adventurous and transgressive literati, though they were also hidden in patent medicines and tonics.
    • This book is recommended to all practitioners of Chinese patent medicines.
    Synonyms
    medication, medicament, remedy, cure, nostrum, quack remedy, panacea, cure-all, placebo, drug, prescription, dose, treatment
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