PATENT MEDICINE
\pˈe͡ɪtənt mˈɛdsən], \pˈeɪtənt mˈɛdsən], \p_ˈeɪ_t_ə_n_t m_ˈɛ_d_s_ə_n]\
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A medicinal compound, for the sale of which the proposer obtains from government an exclusive privilege. A specification of his invention must be registered in the Patent Office, and, hence, it differs from a secret medicine.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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