Definition of nostrum

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nos·trum    (nstrm) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A medicine whose effectiveness is unproved and whose ingredients are usually secret; a quack remedy.
2. A favorite but untested remedy for problems or evils.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin nostrum (remedium), our (remedy), neuter of noster; see nes- ² in Indo-European roots

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