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Succedaneum

noun
(pl. succedanea)
1.
(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



... always be expected, where spare carriages are placed for months upon sidings to become tinder in the sun; and where the cracks and crevices of the woodwork fill up with the silicious sand of the Desert, an admirable succedaneum for flint and steel. One consolation, however, remained to us: the Dragoman, brand-new clothes and all, was left behind at Suez. His last chef d'uvre of blundering has already been noticed[EN84]—the barrel of Midianitish oysters ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 2 • Richard Burton


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


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