proprietary medicine

collocation in English

meaningsofproprietaryandmedicine

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proprietary
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prəˈpraɪə.tər.i/us
/prəˈpraɪə.ter.i/
relating to owning something, or relating to or like ...
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medicine
noun
uk
/ˈmed.ɪ.sən/us
/ˈmed.ɪ.sən/
treatment for illness or injury, or the study ...
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(Definition ofproprietaryandmedicinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofproprietary medicine

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Theproprietarymedicineindustry was premised upon behavioral alternatives to professional medical practice and counsel.
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By 1859, theproprietarymedicinebusiness was valued in census figures at $3,500,000 in annual revenues.
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Indeed, theproprietarymedicineindustry was characterized by some exclusively regional markets.
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By mid-century, congressional investigators estimated annual revenues of theproprietarymedicineindustry at $1 billion to $2 billion.
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Aside from some state-level statutes passed to regulate food in the 1880s and 1890s, no government regulation of theproprietarymedicinemarket existed.
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Allproprietarymedicineadvertisements are now being referred to that panel.
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He claimed that he had been taking aproprietarymedicinebefore he was tested.
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The constituent believed that a certainproprietarymedicinewas the best for him—we know how people believe that.
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In other words, the manufacturer of aproprietarymedicinewants to alienate the chemist from his principal work, of dispensing medicines.
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We propose that a register should be made on which everyproprietarymedicineand surgical appliance, and the owners thereof, shall be registered.
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Nor shall we include, in the definition of a "proprietarymedicine," any recognised drug or preparation for which no monopoly is claimed.
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We take powers, subject to a right of appeal, to remove the owner of aproprietarymedicinefrom the register, if his remedy is considered too dangerous to health.
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