"patent medicine" meaning in All languages combined

See patent medicine on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: patent medicines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} patent medicine (plural patent medicines)
  1. (British) A medicine that is protected by a patent. Tags: British Translations (medicine protected by a patent): patentoitu lääke (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-patent_medicine-en-noun-7HjWQ5Ky Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'medicine protected by a patent': 60 40
  2. (US) Any medicine with a proprietary formula which can be bought without a prescription, irrespective of whether it is protected by a patent. Tags: US Translations (any medicine with a proprietary formula): patenttilääke (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-patent_medicine-en-noun-XZ49sOhA Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of 'any medicine with a proprietary formula': 9 91

Inflected forms

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