SUCCEDANEUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: succedanea   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("succedaneum" is a kind of...):

replacement; substitute (a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

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