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单词 nostrum
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
nos•trum /ˈnɑstrəm/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Drugsa medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims.
  2. a favorite scheme or plan to correct social or political problems;
    cure-all.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
nos•trum  (nos′trəm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Drugsa medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value;
    quack medicine.
  2. a scheme, theory, device, etc., esp. one to remedy social or political ills;
    panacea.
  3. a medicine made by the person who recommends it.
  4. a patent medicine.
  • Latin nostrum our, ours (neuter singular of noster); referring to the seller's calling the drug "our'' drug
  • 1595–1605

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
nostrum /ˈnɒstrəm/ n
  1. a patent or quack medicine
  2. a favourite remedy, as for political or social problems
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin: our own (make), from noster our
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