materia medica

短语

n. 药品, 药物学

词形变化

only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of pharmacology, particularly its development in early modern Europe.

    古体 历史 不可数 医学
  2. 2.

    Synonym of medicine: the substances so used, particularly traditional cures prepared from animals and plants such as herbal medicines but inclusive of early drugs.

    古体 历史 仅复数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

pharmacology

上位词 1

medicine

下位词 4

toxicology pharmacokinetics posology psychopharmacology

词源

From Latin materia (“material”) + medica (“curative, medical”).

来源：wiktionary