materIa

[Lat.) Matter, substance. materia medic a, s. 1. A general term for the different medicines employed for curative purposes; a list of remedies. [MEDICINE.] 2. A description of the several material substances employed for curative purposes with an investigation into their modes of operation, and their effects upon the human frame. It includes both Pharmacy, or Pharmacology, and Therapeutics. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. material