materia medica

English

Etymology

From Latin materia (“material”) + medica, from medicus (“medical”)

Noun

materia medica (uncountable)

(medicine) The study of the origin, preparation, dosage and administration of medical drugs. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

pharmacology

Translations

study of medical drugs

Chinese:
Mandarin: 藥材 (zh), 药材 (zh) (yàocái)

Irish: míochaine f

Noun

materia medica pl (plural only)

(medicine) The substances so used.

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