succedaneum

IPA: sʌksˈidʌnˈiʌm

A substitute, replacement for something else, particularly of a medicine used in place of another.

Examples of "succedaneum" in Sentences

The order is peculiarly Moslem, in fact the succedaneum for the
It is very certain, that speculation is no succedaneum for life.
A complete and fast recovery will normally occur with caput succedaneum.
This is not a succedaneum for satisfying the nympholepsy of nullifidians.
“Líf,” a succedaneum for the unclean sponge, not unknown in the “Turkish Baths” of London.
The observers can demonstrate that they are real observers and not a succedaneum like the Carter Center.
Scott renders “pepper” (Lane i. 8) and it forms a clean succedaneum for one of the uncleanest articles of civilisation, the sponge.
Mr. Rerechild, the Barchester doctor whom she employed; and then the young mother mentioned some shockingly modern succedaneum which
Besides, since nature supplies cold as sparingly, we must do as the apothecaries do who, when they cannot get a simple, take its succedaneum or quid pro quo, as they call it — such as aloes for balsam, cassia for cinnamon.
The bark of the willow has, indeed, been justly considered as a succedaneum for Peruvian bark, as has also that of the horse-chestnut tree, the leaf of the holly, the snake-root, etc. It was evidently necessary to make trial of this substance, although not so valuable as Peruvian bark, and to employ it in its natural state, since they had no means for extracting its essence.