QUACKERY

Quackery

Quackery is the promotion of unproven or fraudulent medical practices. Random House Dictionary describes a "quack" as a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill" or "a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan".

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quackery

Noun

  1. The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
  2. An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.


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