Materia medica

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- Material or substance used in the composition of remedies;

— a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.

II. 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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materia
mātĕrĭa, ae (gen. materiāi, Lucr. 1, 1051), and mātĕrĭes, ēi (only in nom. and acc. sing., and once ...

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materia
māteria and māteriēs ae, acc.am and em, f mater, stuff, matter, material, timber, substance : earu...

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medica
mĕdĭca, ae, a female physician; v 1. medicus, II. B. ...

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Medica
Mēdĭca, ae, f., = Μηδική [Media], an excellent kind of clover introduced from Media; Burgundy-clover...

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medica
mēdica ae, f , μηδική, Median clover, Burgundy-clover, lucern, V. ...

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