Meaning Of The Word Patent medicine

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Patent medicine? Find Patent medicine meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Patent medicine Meaning

Patent medicine Definition
Patent medicine Definition

What's The Definition Of Patent medicine?

patent medicine in American English
a medicine sold without a prescription in drugstores or by sales representatives, and usually protected by a trademark
a trademarked medical preparation that can be bought without a physician's prescription

patent medicine in British English
noun: a medicine protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription

patent medicine in the Pharmaceutical Industry
noun: A patent medicine is a medicine protected by a patent and which is available without a doctor's prescription.

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Shaving stick ‐ noun: a piece of shaving foam moulded into a slender…
  • Whin ‐ furze; whinstone; noun; noun: any thorny or prickly…
  • Aegisthus ‐ the son of Thyestes and lover of Clytemnestra:…
  • Sorrowful ‐ full of sorrow; feeling, causing, or expressing…
  • Wood ear ‐ tree ear; noun; noun: an edible basidiomycetous…
  • Bats-wing coral-tree ‐ noun: a small tree, Erythrina verspertilio, of…
  • Carolina ‐ city in NE Puerto Rico, near San Juan: pop. 186,000…
  • Poultry farm ‐ noun: a farm on which domestic fowls, esp chickens…
  • Allenby ‐ ˈEdmund Henry Hynman (ˈhɪnmən ) 1st Viscount…
  • Barry ‐ a masculine name; noun: a male given name: from…