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patent medicine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables
paten-t medicine
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medicine that is protected by a patent.

British usage

noun

Any medicine with a proprietary formula which can be bought without a prescription, irrespective of whether it is protected by a patent.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

patent medicines (plural)

Questions

What does patent medicine mean?
A medicine that is protected by a patent.

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