patent medicine

English

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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.

Translations

medicine protected by a patent

• Finnish: patentoitu lääke (fi)

any medicine with a proprietary formula

• Finnish: patenttilääke (fi)

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• Spanish: específico m, especialidad farmacéutica f