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 The drug has become a favorite of celebrities, billionaires and ordinary patients, many of whom view it as a potential miracle drug for depression and other mental health conditions. Darius Tahir, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024 In 2019, the FDA approved a gene therapy for the disease, Zolgensma, that has been hailed as a miracle drug. Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024 It’s been touted as a miracle drug, used endlessly as a Hollywood punchline, and become the impetus for almost $5 billion in sales for pharmaceutical companies in 2023 alone. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2023 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

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Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of miracle drug was in 1944

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“Miracle drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miracle%20drug. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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miracle drug

noun

Medical Definition

miracle drug

noun
mir·​a·​cle drug ˈmir-ə-kəl- How to pronounce miracle drug (audio)
: a drug usually newly discovered that elicits a dramatic response in a patient's condition

called also wonder drug

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