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wonder drug
noun
- a drug, usually recently discovered or developed, noted for its startling curative effect, as an antibiotic or sulfa drug.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of wonder drug1
First recorded in 1935–40
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“Tamiflu works for bird flu. It’s not a super powerful drug for regular flu, so it’s probably not going to be a wonder drug for the bird flu,†said Dr. Melanie Ott, a virologist at UC San Francisco.
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Indeed, it's often described as a "wonder drug."
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It would seem to us that if Trump—who eats McDonald’s and salty ketchup steak for every meal and does not exercise—were playing arbitrator, he’d side with the Wonder Drug.
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The medicine kept her happy and well with few side effects, and she described it as a wonder drug.
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Lecanemab is not a “wonder drugâ€.
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