Nostrum

Definition:

  • (n.) A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.
  • (n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.

Compare nostrum with other words:

nostrum vs. rostrum

elixir vs. nostrum

bromide vs. nostrum

nostrum vs. political

nostrum vs. panacea

ineffective vs. nostrum

favorite vs. nostrum

effect vs. nostrum

medical vs. nostrum

desirable vs. nostrum

nostrum vs. proven

conventional vs. nostrum

medicine vs. nostrum

nostrum vs. remedy