miracle drug
noun
: a drug usually newly discovered that elicits a dramatic response in a patient's condition : wonder drug
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When the youth miracle drug turns to body horror, Moore becomes the decaying mutation called Gollum, made to look like a slow-progressing disease, while Moore and her younger incarnation (played by Margaret Qualley), merge into the hideous Monstro.
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
Lazarus is described as a pulse-pounding thriller about a miracle drug, Hapna, that presumably frees anyone who takes it from all pain.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
When Zolgensma hit the market five years later, it was hailed as a miracle drug.
—Robin Fields, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
At least in Death Becomes Her, the miracle drug worked for them in real time.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
Lazarus is described as a pulse-pounding thriller about a miracle drug, Hapna, that presumably frees anyone who takes it from all pain.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
When Zolgensma hit the market five years later, it was hailed as a miracle drug.
—Robin Fields, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
At least in Death Becomes Her, the miracle drug worked for them in real time.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for miracle drug
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miracle drug
noun
mir·a·cle drug
ˈmir-ə-kəl- 
: a drug usually newly discovered that elicits a dramatic response in a patient's condition
called also wonder drug
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