miracle cure
Impossible healing claim
A miracle cure is a treatment claimed to heal serious illness quickly and completely, often with no scientific basis.
The term usually carries skepticism—genuine medical breakthroughs rarely get called miracle cures, while dubious remedies and snake oil frequently do: He was peddling miracle cures to desperate cancer patients.
Sometimes used sarcastically for any supposed quick fix: There's no miracle cure for poverty.
- panaceaUniversal cure
- silver bulletPerfect single remedy
- elixirMythical healing draught
- fountain of youthRestorative source of youthfulness
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
snake oil salesman · magic bullet · healing · quack · charlatan · medical quackery · tonic · faith healing · wonder drug · potion · quick fix · breakthrough · salvation · desperate · too good to be true · hope · false hope · testimonial
- happy endingshappy ending, fairy tale ending, happily ever after, true ending, love conquers all
- medical fictionmedical drama, medical mystery, diagnosis, symptoms, terminal illness
- Misconceptionsmisconception, myth, fallacy, false belief, mistaken belief
- good fortunewinning lottery, jackpot, windfall, lucky break, stroke of luck
- cure-allspanacea, nostrum, snake oil, elixir, wonder drug
- faith healingfaith healing, faith healers, faith healer, divine healing, healing prayer
miracle curesnake oil
Fraudulent cure-all
quack remedy · placebo · pseudoscience · evidence-based medicine · hoax
miracle curedeath sentence
Judicial order of execution
terminal diagnosis · poison · chronic condition · incurable disease · death
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