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patent medicines

patent medicines is the plural of patent medicine.

Meaning of patent medicine

Noun

patent medicine (plural patent medicines)

  1. (UK) A medicine that is protected by a patent.
  2. (US) Any medicine with a proprietary formula which can be bought without a prescription, irrespective of whether it is protected by a patent.

Questions about patent medicines

What is patent medicines the plural of?
Patent medicines is the plural of patent medicine.

Words near patent medicines in the dictionary

  1. patent leather
  2. patent leathers
  3. patent log
  4. patent logs
  5. patent medicine
  6. patent medicines
  7. patent model
  8. patent models
  9. patent of precedence
  10. patent office
  11. patent offices

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