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Definition of Proprietary drug
1. Noun. A drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proprietary Drug
Literary usage of Proprietary drug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"This is a proprietary drug, whose definite composition is at present unknown to the
... A proprietary drug, composed of bromo- acetanilid and ..."
2. King's American Dispensatory by John King (1909)
"This is a proprietary drug, whose definite composition is at present unknown to
the profession. ... A proprietary drug, composed of bromo- acetanilid and ..."
3. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1910)
"Eleven drug stores, 1 milling company, 1 ice plant, 1 canning factory, 1 cold
storage company, 1 egg and poultry company and 1 proprietary drug company were ..."
4. Youth & Drugs: Society's Mixed Messages edited by Hank Resnik (1994)
"A study of teenagers by Atkin (1978) found that exposure to proprietary drug ads
affected children's views of sickness and medicine in general but not of ..."
5. Transactions of the American Therapeutic Society by American Therapeutic Society, Albert Ernest Gallant, Peter Brynberg Porter (1910)
"The terrible, heart-rending and brain-splitting attempt to prevent all possible
advertisement of a proprietary drug has been followed by continuous damning ..."
6. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"proprietary drug treatment programs have responded resourcefully to the emerging
cocaine casualties of the affluent and medically insured, and they have ..."
7. The Principles of Therapeutics by Oliver Thomas Osborne (1921)
"Hence proprietary, drug-store, hospital, dispensary and office mixtures are
unscientific, and at times may even be dangerous treatment. ..."
8. The Medical Critic and Guide (1907)
"It will be noted that the writer has designated extract of cannabis indica as a
proprietary drug. This is because he always specifies a certain importation. ..."
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