miracle drug

noun

: a drug usually newly discovered that elicits a dramatic response in a patient's condition : wonder drug

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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 Set in the year 2052, the futuristic series concerns a miracle drug that has cured all disease, but three years after its integration into everyday life, the scientist who created it reveals that the medicine has shortened the life spans of all who have taken it — and their death is imminent. Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for miracle drug

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First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of miracle drug was in 1944

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“Miracle drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miracle%20drug. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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miracle drug

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miracle drug

noun
mir·​a·​cle drug ˈmir-ə-kəl- How to pronounce miracle drug (audio)
: a drug usually newly discovered that elicits a dramatic response in a patient's condition

called also wonder drug

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