miracle drug

noun

: a drug usually newly discovered that elicits a dramatic response in a patient's condition : wonder drug

Examples of miracle drug in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As the miracle drugs make headlines, the topic of obesity is again at the forefront of the social consciousness—and the debate that accompanies it. —Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 5 Apr. 2023

Obesity experts say there are other reasons the miracle drugs give them pause. —The Week Staff, The Week, 19 Feb. 2023

Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Diana Mansfield credits her life to a miracle drug. —Gabe Castro-Root, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2023

Lazarus, produced by Sola Entertainment and animated by Studio MAPPA, follows a team in the near future chasing down the mad scientist behind a miracle drug exposed as a deadly, slow-acting poison. —Vulture, 20 July 2023

There’s a lot of evidence now proving that exercise is like a miracle drug. —WIRED, 27 June 2023

Semaglutide drugs have been called many things: a cure-all, a money grab, a cop-out, a miracle drug. —Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2023

But what’s clear right now is that taking one of the current miracle drugs is not without stress. —Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023

Methadone, their miracle drug, isn’t a cure for heroin addiction. —Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

miracle drug

noun

: wonder drug

Medical Definition

miracle drug

noun

mir·​a·​cle drug ˈmir-ə-kəl- 

: a drug usually newly discovered that elicits a dramatic response in a patient's condition

called also wonder drug