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1. (n.) materia medica
(used with a pl. v.) remedial substances used in medicine.
2. materia medica
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Etymology: (1690–1700; < ML: medical material)
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1. (noun) pharmacology, pharmacological medicine, materia medica
the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
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1. materia medica
material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine
2. materia medica
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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1. materia medica
Materials or substances used in the composition of traditional medical remedies. The use of this term in MeSH was formerly restricted to historical articles or those concerned with traditional medicine, but it can also refer to homeopathic remedies. Nosodes are specific types of homeopathic remedies prepared from causal agents or disease products.
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