Chinese patent medicine

noun

Herbal medicine modernized into a ready-to-use form such as tablets, oral solutions or dry suspensions, as opposed to herbs that require cooking.

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Meanings

nounChinese patent medicine (countable and uncountable, plural Chinese patent medicines)

plural Chinese patent medicines

  1. ChinesecountabletraditionaluncountablemedicineHerbal medicine modernized into a ready-to-use form such as tablets, oral solutions or dry suspensions, as opposed to herbs that require cooking.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 科學中藥 /科学中药
  • 科學中藥 /科学中药 (kēxué zhōngyào)herbal medicine in a ready-to-use form
Dutch Chinees patentgeneesmiddel
  • Chinees patentgeneesmiddelherbal medicine in a ready-to-use form
Finnish kiinalaiset patenttilääkkeet
  • kiinalaiset patenttilääkkeetherbal medicine in a ready-to-use form
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Chinese patent medicine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20patent%20medicine

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“Chinese patent medicine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20patent%20medicine. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chinese patent medicine,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20patent%20medicine.

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