nostrum

Significado (Inglés)

1. A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.
2. (broadly) An ineffective but favorite remedy for a problem, usually involving political action.

Conceptos

panacea

remedio milagroso

droga de charlatán

Sinónimos

panacea

cure-all

patent medicine

catholicon

secret medicine

drugs

💊

trademarked medicine

brand-name drug

proprietary drug

recipe

remedy

secret

㊙️

Traducciones

panacée

πανάκεια

panacéia

rememdium

ξόρκι

Geheimmittel

panacea

panacea

γιατροσόφι

orviétan

remède fallacieux

remède de bonne femme

panacea

Geheimarznei

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈnɒs.tɹəm/

Etimología (Inglés)

Learned borrowing from Latin nostrum (“ours”), nominative neuter of noster (“our, ours”).