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panacea: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
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Patent medicine is the term given to various medical compounds sold under a variety of names and labels, though they were for the most part actually trademarked medicines, not patented. They were also sometimes called nostrums, a Latin word meaning "ours" or "our own"; a "nostrum" is any proprietary mixture of drugs. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostrum
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NOS-truhm\, noun: 1. A medicine of secret composition and unproven or dubious effectiveness; a quack medicine. 2. A usually questionable remedy or scheme; a cure-all.
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