Mate

{tnah’-ta) \_Sp.,mate, a ve el]. Paraguay tea. The leaves of Ilex pavaguayensis, which are used in South America as a substitute for tea and coffee. Its properties are due to thein. Materia medic a (in at-e’ -re-ah vied’ ’-ik-ah) [L., medical matter]. The science that treats of the sources and preparations of the drugs and agents used in medicine Materies morbi {jnat-er -re-ez morf-bi) [L., matter of disease]. The material that is the cause of a disease. 381