MATERIA MEDICA as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
   Synonym(s)
   • pharmacological medicine (what does pharmacological medicine mean?)
   • pharmacology (what does pharmacology mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) materia medica is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • medicine (what does medicine mean?)
   • medical specialty (what does medical specialty mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • pharmacokinetics (what does pharmacokinetics mean?)
   • posology (what does posology mean?)
   • psychopharmacology (what does psychopharmacology mean?)
   • toxicology (what does toxicology mean?)