Phony Medicine Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug • (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
	27%	14		Phony remedy
	noun • medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
	26%	9		Phony treatments promoted as alternatives to real medicine
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New York Times14 Jun 1992	Across 93
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