Proprietary medicine
Patent medicine and proprietary medicine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Patent medicine" instead a noun phrase "Proprietary medicine".
Patent medicine
Patent medicine noun - Medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription.
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Proprietary medicine and patent medicine are semantically related. You can use "Proprietary medicine" instead a noun phrase "Patent medicine".
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