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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.
Also called pharmacognosy.(used with a singular verb)the science dealing with the sources, physical characteristics, uses, and doses of drugs.
materia medica
/ məˈtɪərɪə ˈmɛdɪkə /
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of materia medica1
Word History and Origins
Origin of materia medica1
Example Sentences
Project 523’s embrace of Chinese materia medica – the traditional body of knowledge about substances’ healing properties – is a more recent example of the efforts to “scientize” 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 “provings” called themateria medica, still the basis for homeopathic treatment today.The “provings” 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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