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miracle drug
noun
: a drug usually newly discovered that elicits a dramatic response in a patient's condition : wonder drug
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The miracle drug she had been promised her whole life was now in her hands.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
The drug has become a favorite of celebrities, billionaires and ordinary patients, many of whom view it as a potential miracle drug for depression and other mental health conditions.
—Darius Tahir, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
In 2019, the FDA approved a gene therapy for the disease, Zolgensma, that has been hailed as a miracle drug.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
It’s been touted as a miracle drug, used endlessly as a Hollywood punchline, and become the impetus for almost $5 billion in sales for pharmaceutical companies in 2023 alone.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2023
As the miracle drugs make headlines, the topic of obesity is again at the forefront of the social consciousness—and the debate that accompanies it.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 5 Apr. 2023
Obesity experts say there are other reasons the miracle drugs give them pause.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 19 Feb. 2023
Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Diana Mansfield credits her life to a miracle drug.
—Gabe Castro-Root, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2023
Lazarus, produced by Sola Entertainment and animated by Studio MAPPA, follows a team in the near future chasing down the mad scientist behind a miracle drug exposed as a deadly, slow-acting poison.
—Vulture, 20 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1944, in the meaning defined above
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“Miracle drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miracle%20drug. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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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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