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NOSTRUM (neuter of Lat. nosier, our)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 822 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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NOSTRUM (neuter of Lat. nosier, our)

NOSTRUM (neuter of See also:
LAT
Lat. nosier, our) , the name given to preparations of which the ingredients are not made publicly known, a patent or " See also:

QUACK

quack " See also:

MEDICINE

medicine; it is taken from the See also:

LABEL (a French word, now represented by lambeau, possibly a variant; it is of obscure origin and may be connected with a Teutonic word appearing in the English " lap," a flap or fold)

label (" of our own make ") formerly attached to such medicines .

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