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ma⋅te⋅ri⋅a med⋅i⋅ca

  [muh-teer-ee-uh med-i-kuh]
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1. the remedial substances employed in medicine.
2. Also called pharmacognosy. the science dealing with the sources, physical characteristics, uses, and doses of drugs.
Origin:
1690–1700; < ML: medical material
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ma·te·ri·a med·i·ca   (mə-tîr'ē-ə měd'ĭ-kə)   
n.  
  1. (used with a sing. verb) The scientific study of medicinal drugs and their sources, preparation, and use.
  2. (used with a pl. verb) Substances used in the preparation of medicinal drugs.

[New Latin māteria medica (translation of Greek hulē iātrikē) : Latin māteria, material + Latin medica, feminine of medicus, medical.]
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Materia medica

Ma*te"ri*a med"i*ca\ [L. See Matter, and Medical.]

1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.

2. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases.
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Main Entry: ma·te·ria med·i·ca
Pronunciation: m&-"tir-E-&-'med-i-k&
Function: noun
1 : substances used in thecomposition of medical remedies : DRUGS, MEDICINE
2 a : a branch of medical science that deals with the sources, nature, properties, and preparation of drugs b : a treatise on materiamedica
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materia medica materia med·i·ca (měd'ĭ-kə)
n.
The branch of medical science that deals with the origin, preparation, dosage, and administration of drugs.

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