quackery [
'kwækәri]
n. 骗人的治疗, 招摇撞骗, 骗子的行为
[医] 江湖医术
quackery[ noun ]- medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
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- the dishonesty of a charlatan
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Quackery \Quack"er*y\, n.; pl. {Quackeries}.
The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false
pretensions to any art; empiricism. --Carlyle.
- The blather of right-wing quackery is dangerous.
- He faces hostility from within the medical establishment and accusations of quackery from the press.
- Telephone marketing fraud and medical quackery also are major problems for elderly Americans, the witnesses said.