Quaalude
[kwey-lood] /ˈkweɪ lud/
Pharmacology, Trademark.
1.
a brand of .
n.
1965, proprietary name (trademark by Wm. H. Rohrer Inc., Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) of methaqualone.
Quaalude Quaa·lude (kwā’lōōd’)
A trademark formerly used for methaqualone.
Read Also:
- Quacker
[kwak] /kwæk/ noun 1. a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill. 2. a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan. adjective 3. being a quack: a quack psychologist who complicates everyone’s problems. 4. presented falsely as having curative powers: quack medicine. 5. […]
- Quack
[kwak] /kwæk/ noun 1. the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound. verb (used without object) 2. to utter the cry of a duck or a sound resembling it. [kwak] /kwæk/ noun 1. a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill. 2. a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, […]
- Quackery
[kwak-uh-ree] /ˈkwæk ə ri/ noun, plural quackeries. 1. the practice or methods of a . 2. an instance of this. /ˈkwækərɪ/ noun (pl) -eries 1. the activities or methods of a quack n. 1690s, from quack (n.) + -ery. noun The practices of ”quacks”: and knew it was ”world-class quackery” (1709+)
- Quack-grass
noun, Inland North and North Midland U.S.. 1. a couch grass, Agropyron repens, a pernicious weed in cultivated fields. noun 1. another name for couch grass
- Quacksalver
[kwak-sal-ver] /ˈkwækˌsæl vər/ noun 1. a quack doctor. 2. a charlatan. /ˈkwækˌsælvə/ noun 1. an archaic word for quack2 n. 1570s; see quack (n.1).