patent medicine

English

Noun

patent medicine (plural patent medicines)

(Britain) A medicine that is protected by a patent.
(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 m, ^{(please verify)} especialidad farmacéutica f