quackery
English
noun
Definitions
- (legal) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
- (countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.
Etymology
Suffix from English quack.
Origin
English
quack
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Cognates and derived terms
- antiquackery English
- quack English
- quackbuster English
- quackbusting English
- quacker English
- quacketh English
- quackgrass English
- quackhood English
- quackish English
- quackism English
- quackle English
- quacklike English
- quackster English
- quacky English
- *quacken Middle English