a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.

a scheme, theory, device, etc., esp. one to remedy social or political ills; panacea.

a medicine made by the person who recommends it.

a patent medicine.

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catholicon , cure , drug , elixir , fix , formula , home remedy , medicine , panacea , patent medicine , potion , quack medicine , quick fix * , remedy , treatment , medicament , medication , physic