SUCCEDANEUM (succedanea)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: succedanea   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does succedaneum mean? 

• SUCCEDANEUM (noun)
  The noun SUCCEDANEUM has 1 sense:

1. (medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another)

  Familiarity information: SUCCEDANEUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUCCEDANEUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("succedaneum" is a kind of...):

replacement; substitute (a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)