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materia medica
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materia /ma·te·ria/ (mah-tēr´e-ah) [L.] matter.
materia al´ba  whitish deposits on the teeth, composed of mucus and epithelial cells containing bacteria and filamentous organisms.
materia me´dica  pharmacology.

materia med·i·ca (md-k)
n.
The branch of medical science that deals with the origin, preparation, dosage, and administration of drugs.

Materia medica
In homeopathy, reference books compiled from provings of the various natural remedies.

materia medica (mat. med.),
1 the study of the origins, preparation, uses, and effects of drugs and other substances used in medicine.
2 a substance or a drug used in medical treatment.

pharmacology [fahr″mah-kol´o-je]
the science that deals with the origin, nature, chemistry, effects, and uses of drugs; it includes pharmacognosy, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics, and toxicology. adj., adj pharmacolog´ic.

materia medica (m·tirˑ·ē· meˑ·di·k),
n a volume or volumes of collected information about the origins, effects, methods of preparation, and uses of therapeutic plants, minerals, and other substances in medicine.

materia medica,
n the study of drugs and other substances used in medicine, their origins, preparation, uses, and effects.

materia medica
the study of materials used as medicine. It used to be a subject in veterinary curricula and dealt mostly with the physical and chemical characteristics of the medicinal substances. As a science it has now been largely superseded by pharmacology.

Chinese materia medicamateria medica
a standard reference book of information on medicinal substances used in Chinese herbal medicine.


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