quackery

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Etymology

From quack + -ery.

Noun

quackery

1. (legal, medicine, uncountable) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.

   Synonyms: empiricism

   Coordinate terms: alternative medicine, complementary medicine, integrative medicine; folk medicine, traditional medicine

2. (countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

Related terms

• quack

Translations

• French: charlatanisme
• German: Quacksalberei
• Italian: frode medica, ciarlataneria
• Portuguese: curandeirismo
• Russian: шарлата́нство
• Spanish: curandería, curanderismo

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