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Succedaneum

noun

(pl. succedanea)

(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another).

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"Succedaneum" Quotes from Famous Books

... evidences of mental derangement appeared and the man became the subject of exalted delusions. His wife, at the time of report, had filed application for divorce. Haslam reports a case in which loss of the penis was compensated for by the use of an ivory succedaneum. Parallel instances of this kind have been recorded by Ammann ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... it is hoped, as to prevent a repetition of the crime. The sloe leaf, though a spurious commodity when sold as tea, might afford a harmless vegetable infusion, and be recommended to the poor and frugal as a cheap succedaneum for the Chinese vegetable. The establishment of the Genuine Tea Company on Ludgate-hill originated in the recent discoveries, promising to sell nothing but the Unadulterated Tea, and it is sincerely to be hoped ...

— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. • Pierce Egan

Words linked to "Succedaneum" : medicine, medical specialty, replacement, substitute