snake oil
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snake oil

noun

Definition of SNAKE OIL

1
: any of various substances or mixtures sold (as by a traveling medicine show) as medicine usually without regard to their medical worth or properties

First Known Use of SNAKE OIL

1917

snake oil

noun    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of SNAKE OIL

: any of various substances or mixtures sold (as by a traveling medicine show) as medicine usually without having had the claims of their medical worth or properties substantiated by scientific tests

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