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Noun nostrum has 2 senses
  1. panacea, nostrum, cure-all - hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
    --1 is a kind of remedy, curative, cure
    --1 has particulars: elixir
  2. nostrum - patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
    --2 is a kind of     patent medicine

Definitions from the Web

Nostrum

A nostrum refers to a remedy or solution that is claimed to be effective but is typically unsupported by scientific evidence.

Examples:

Noun:

  1. The snake oil salesman at the carnival touted his latest nostrum as a cure-all for any ailment.
  2. She fell for the nostrum advertised on late-night TV that guaranteed quick weight loss.

Adjective:

  1. They were selling a nostrum treatment that promised to reverse the signs of aging.
  2. His nostrum solution for the failing economy did not impress the experts.

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