patent+medicine
21patent medicine — noun Date: 1770 a packaged nonprescription drug which is protected by a trademark and whose contents are incompletely disclosed; also any drug that is a proprietary …
22Chinese patent medicine — Characteristic little black pills of Chinese patent medicine Chinese patent medicine (simplified Chinese: 中成药; …
23patent — [pat′ nt; ] for adj. 2 4 & 8 [ pāt′ nt, pat′ nt; ] Brit usually [ pāt′ nt] adj. [ME < MFr & L: MFr patent < L patens, prp. of patere, to be open: see PATELLA] 1. a) open to examination by the public: said of a document granting some right… …
24medicine — (n.) c.1200, medical treatment, cure, remedy, also used figuratively, of spiritual remedies, from O.Fr. medecine (Mod.Fr. médicine) medicine, art of healing, cure, treatment, potion, from L. medicina the healing art, medicine; a remedy, also used …
25Patent urachus — A birth defect involving the urachus, a canal connecting the bladder of the fetus with the allantois, a structure that contributes to the formation of the umbilical cord. The lumen (inside) of the urachus is normally obliterated during embryonic… …
26patent — Open or exposed. SYN: patulous. [L. patens, pres. p. of pateo, to lie open] * * * Pro Urokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator Enhancement of Thrombolysis [trial] * * * pa·tent pat ənt, Brit usu pāt n 1) protected by a trademark or a trade name …
27Patent (noun) — A device giving exclusive control and possession. Before the commercialization of biomedical inventions, the word "patent" in this sense had no place in a medical dictionary. Now the patent is the foundation of the biotechnology… …
28medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… …
29Patent (adjective) — Open, unobstructed, affording free passage. Thus, for example, the bowel may be patent (as opposed to obstructed). Pronounced pa tent with the accent on the first syllable …
30patent blue V — SYN: leuco patent blue …
