patent medicine

English

Noun

patent medicine (plural patent medicines)

1. (British) 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.

Translations

medicine protected by a patent

• Finnish: patentoitu lääke

any medicine with a proprietary formula

• Finnish: patenttilääke

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} específico (es) m, ^{(please verify)} especialidad farmacéutica f