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Definition of Nostrum
1. Noun. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists.
Generic synonyms: Curative, Cure, Remedy, Therapeutic
Specialized synonyms: Elixir
2. Noun. Patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable.
Definition of Nostrum
1. n. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.
Definition of Nostrum
1. Noun. A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects. ¹
2. Noun. An ineffective but favorite remedy for a problem, usually involving political action. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nostrum
1. a medicine of one's own invention [n -S]
Medical Definition of Nostrum
1. Origin: Neut. Sing. Of L. Noster ours, fr. Nos we. See Us. 1. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine. 2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack. "The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks." (Brougham) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nostrum
Literary usage of Nostrum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Hampshire Record Society, Winchester, Winchester Hampshire Record Society, American peace society, Algernon Sidney Crapsey, Ernest Howard Crosby, W. Evans Darby, John Hyde De Forest, Charles Edward Jefferson, Augustine Jones, Mrs. L. J. Mead, J. H. Ral (1891)
"In quorum omnium testimonium sigillum nostrum fecimus his apponi. On one very
large sheet of vellum, 27 inches long by 2oi wide, with an additional strip, ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"... is professionally interested in the nature and treatment of consumption.
discoveries ; and that it admite of DO alkahest, no nostrum, no grand arcanum. ..."
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