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- noun UK A
medicine that is protected by apatent . - noun US Any medicine with a
proprietary formula which can be bought without aprescription , irrespective of whether it is protected by apatent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
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