| charlatan | A medical fraud claiming to cure disease by useless procedures, secret remedies, and worthless diagnostic and therapeutic machines. Synonym: quack. Origin: Fr., fr. It. Ciarlare, to prattle (05 Mar 2000) |
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| charlatanism | A fraudulent claim to medical knowledge; treating the sick without knowledge of medicine or authority to practice medicine. Synonym: quackery. (05 Mar 2000) |