(US) Any medicine with a proprietary formula which can be bought without a prescription, irrespective of whether it 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.
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A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
(Britain, medicine) a small bottle that pills are kept in.
(US, slang, archaic) Of or relating to pharmacy, especially as a subject of study.
(US, AU, NZ) A pharmacy in which therapeutic drugs are created in small batches, generally when the patient needs a formulation which is not readily available from manufactured drugs.
(British) A medicine that is protected by a patent.