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Materia Medica

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the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects

MWE

Classifications

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
pharmacology
plural
Materia Medicas
possessive
Materia Medica's
pluralpossessive
Materia Medicas'