materia-medica

n. மருந்துச்சரக்குகள், மருந்துச் சரக்குகளின் ரெதாகுப்பேடு, மருந்துச்சரக்காய்வுநுல்.

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Ma*te"ri*a med"i*ca. Etym: [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.

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