资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
2. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature
and properties of all the substances that are employed for
the cure of diseases.
资料来源 : WordNet®
materia medica
n : the science or study of drugs: their preparation and
properties and uses and effects [syn: {pharmacology}, {pharmacological
medicine}]