n :  a pretender to medical skill  :  an ignorant or dishonest practitioner <one of the most notorious cancer-cure s of the day -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.>  quack*ish adj 
, adj :  of, relating to, characteristic of, or being a quack < remedies>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  CAC  ca·cao  cc or CC  CCK 
 
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