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Noun: quackery  kwa-ku-ree
  1. Medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
    - empiricism
     
  2. The dishonesty of a charlatan
    - charlatanism

Derived forms: quackeries

Type of: dishonesty, knavery, medical practice

Encyclopedia: Quackery