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Patent Medicine Eg Crossword Clue

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noun

• hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

• patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

38%3 Three-letter acronym for Oudheusden Patent Verwertung, a German patent licensing company
noun

• an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis

33%6Patent medicine
noun

• a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste

• hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

• a substance believed to cure all ills

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New York Times19 Dec 1999 Down 48
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