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Definition
2024
materia_medica
materia medica
English
Noun
materia
medica
(
uncountable
)
(
medicine
)
The study of the
origin
,
preparation
,
dosage
and
administration
of
medical
drugs
; the
substances
so used.
Translations
study of medical drugs
Chinese:
Mandarin:
藥材
(zh)
,
药材
(zh)
(
yàocái
)
Irish:
míochaine
f
Etymology
From
Latin
materia
(
“
material
”
)
+
medica
, from
medicus
(
“
medical
”
)
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