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Meaning of patent medicine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Suomi patenttilääke

Nederlands patentgeneesmiddel

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

patent of precedence patent office patent outside patent pool patent thicket patent troll