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English noun: materia medica

1. materia medica (cognition) the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects


Synonymspharmacological medicine, pharmacology


Broader (hypernym)medical specialty, medicine


Narrower (hyponym)pharmacokinetics, posology, psychopharmacology, toxicology


Domain category membersadjuvant, decoction, formulary, percutaneous, pharmacopeia, tincture, transcutaneous, transdermal, transdermic









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