nos·trum (n s tr m)
n.
1. A medicine whose effectiveness is unproved and whose ingredients are usually secret; a quack remedy.
2. A favorite but usually ineffective remedy for problems or evils.
[From Latin nostrum (remedium), our (remedy), neuter of noster; see nes-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009.
An allopathic doctor, Dad believes that he did not prescribe nostrums.
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