materia medica, n.
the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
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materia medica pharmacological medicine pharmacology
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
member of this domain (topic)
adjuvant
transdermal, transdermic, percutaneous, transcutaneous
tincture
formulary, pharmacopeia
decoction
hypernym
hyponym