materia medica

materia medica
/meuh tear"ee euh med"i keuh/
1. the remedial substances employed in medicine.
2. Also called pharmacognosy. the science dealing with the sources, physical characteristics, uses, and doses of drugs.
[1690-1700; < ML: medical material]

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