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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
materia medica
    n 1: the science or study of drugs: their preparation and
         properties and uses and effects [syn: pharmacology,
         pharmacological medicine, materia medica]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Materia medica \Ma*te"ri*a med"i*ca\ [L. See Matter, and
   Medical.]
   1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies;
      -- a general term for all substances used as curative
      agents in medicine.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. That branch of medical science which treats of the
      sources, nature and properties of all the substances that
      are employed for the cure of diseases, primarily with
      natural preparations, rather than pure or synthetic
      medicines; pharmacognosy.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]
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