English Dictionary

nostrum

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnɒs.tɹəm/

名詞

広義

A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.

日本語の意味

医学的効果が実証されていないものの、習慣的に使用される薬剤（伝統的または民間療法としての治療薬） / 効果の裏付けがないまま一般に用いられる医薬品

Despite the glowing testimonials, the nostrum offered by the clinic was little more than an unproven treatment lacking scientific backing.

称賛の声があったにもかかわらず、その診療所が提供していた効果が証明されていない治療薬は、科学的根拠のない単なる処方に過ぎませんでした。

意味（1）

A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.

Nay, he would sometimes retire hither to take his beer, and it was not without difficulty that he was prevented from forcing Jones to take his beer too: for no quack ever held his nostrum to be a more general panacea than he did this; which, he said, had more virtue in it than was in all the physic in an apothecary's shop.

意味（2）

(by extension) An ineffective but favorite remedy for a problem, usually involving political action.

And not because some clatch of bureaucrats in Strasbourg or Luxembourg have issued yet another directive, but because Europeans are recognising that 19th century nostrums are not solutions to 21st century problems—on the contrary, they are the problem—and it's time to encourage competition, risk taking, democracy and meritocracy, and, dare I say it, dreaming about a different, better future.

nostrums （ plural ）

nostra （ plural ）