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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ma·te·ria med·i·ca /məˈtɪriəˈmɛdɪkə/

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ma·te·ria med·i·ca /məˌtɪrɪəˈmɛdɪkə/ 名詞
 藥物(學),藥物學論著

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ma·te·ri·a med·i·ca
 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 sources, nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases, primarily with natural preparations, rather than pure or synthetic medicines; pharmacognosy.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 materia medica
      n : the science or study of drugs: their preparation and
          properties and uses and effects [syn: pharmacology, pharmacological
           medicine]