patent medicine

noun

Definition of patent medicinenext
as in prescription drug

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Recent Examples of patent medicine Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, the soft drink was initially sold at pharmacies as a patent medicine. — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025 His point was that the pills — a patent medicine used as a laxative — and the other three would all reliably deliver for the poor folks of the Mountain State. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Feb. 2025 Judy Shelton got a taste of patent medicine of this sort when she was mobbed out of a Federal Reserve governorship. — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 By the end of the century, lithia water (water with a trace amount of lithium) was marketed as a patent medicine. — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for patent medicine
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  1. prescription drug
  2. prescription
  3. botanical
  4. medicine
  5. drug
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  • Talarico said his plan will break up monopolies, lower medical debt, and lower prescription drug prices.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Woods’ prescription drug history has been an early focus of the prosecution’s case.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of prescription drug
Noun
  • Certain prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs and marijuana could interfere with a person’s ability to drive safely.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Boomers are also expected to spend approximately $16 trillion during retirement on housing, food, healthcare, prescriptions and other expenses.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of prescription
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  • Unsurprisingly, the formulas speak the same language, pairing nourishing, botanical-forward ingredients (like sunflower oil and rosemary extract) with lightweight textures designed to hydrate, smooth, and style without piling on the weight.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The gin is produced using the traditional discontinuous, indirect steam distillation method on a base of Italian grain alcohol, allowing each botanical to be infused gradually and with precision.
    — Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • Prosecutors allege Clancy planned the killings by sending her husband to pick up takeout food and medicine, then, while he was gone, strangled the children with exercise bands.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Vanessa graduated from Florida International University, completed medical school, and entered a three-year emergency-medicine residency program at a South Florida hospital.
    — Tania Francois, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of medicine
Noun
  • Grande became the face of an ongoing conversation around health, and the cultural pendulum swing away from body positivity to the glorification of thinness, ignited by the proliferation of weight-loss drugs.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers spent decades trying to target a group of mutations called RAS — responsible for nearly a third of all human cancers — but the protein’s flat shape defied typical drugs.
    — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of drug

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“Patent medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patent%20medicine. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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