succedaneous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   rare: serving in place of something else; acting as a substitute

   The physician described the artificial treatment as succedaneous to the natural remedy.

From Latin succedaneus, 'substituted or following in place of another,' based on succedere, 'to come after or succeed.' It is the adjective corresponding to succedaneum, a thing used as a substitute.

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