patent medicine

English Thesaurus

1. medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine,
definition	:	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	nostrum,
definition	:	patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable (noun.artifact)