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materia medica
[ muh-teer-ee-uh med-i-kuh ]
noun
- (used with a plural verb) the remedial substances employed in medicine.
- (used with a singular verb) Also called pharmacognosy. the science dealing with the sources, physical characteristics, uses, and doses of drugs.
materia medica
/ m蓹藞t瑟蓹r瑟蓹 藞m蓻d瑟k蓹 /
noun
- the branch of medical science concerned with the study of drugs used in the treatment of disease: includes pharmacology, clinical pharmacology, and the history and physical and chemical properties of drugs
- the drugs used in the treatment of disease
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of materia medica1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of materia medica1
Example Sentences
Project 523鈥檚 embrace of Chinese materia medica 鈥 the traditional body of knowledge about substances鈥 healing properties 鈥 is a more recent example of the efforts to 鈥渟cientize鈥 Chinese medicine through selective appropriation and detailed investigation.
Faced with varying results, Tu and her team returned to the existing materia medica literature and reexamined each instance in which qinghao appeared in a traditional recipe.
These observations were compiled into a book of 鈥減rovings鈥 called the聽materia medica, still the basis for homeopathic treatment today.The 鈥減rovings鈥 do not match substance to disease.
The remarkable progress they made in medicine, was in surgery; the description of maladies; materia medica; and pharmacy.
He remained at Cambridge nearly ten years longer practising medicine, and gave an annual course of lectures on materia medica.
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