nostrum - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'nostrum' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nostrum

[ 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.
- Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.

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