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Noun: nostrum  nós-trum
  1. Patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
     
  2. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
    - panacea, catholicon [rare], cure-all

Derived forms: nostrums

Type of: curative, cure, patent medicine, remedy, therapeutic

Encyclopedia: Nostrum

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