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quackery
Quackery (noun) means Dishonestly claiming to offer medical treatment, usually to gain money or status.
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1
Dishonestly claiming to offer medical treatment, usually to gain money or status.
"When no certain cure exists, quack remedies tend to proliferate and the history of quackery and secret cures is full of extraordinary forms of treatment for the various arthritic disorders."
— F. Dudley Hart, History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (1976)
2
A single case of dishonest, fake medical treatment.
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What is the meaning of quackery?
"quackery" (noun) means dishonestly claiming to offer medical treatment, usually to gain money or status.
What is another word for quackery?
Other words for "quackery" include empiricism, charlatanism.
What are the different meanings of quackery?
"quackery" has 2 main meanings: 1. Dishonestly claiming to offer medical treatment, usually to gain money or status; 2. A single case of dishonest, fake medical treatment.
