materia medica
/məˈtɪərɪəˈmedɪkə/noun
mass noun
1- the body of remedial substances used in the practice of medicine药物, 药品。
1.1
- the study of the origin and properties of these substances药物学。
词源
late 17th cent.: modern Latin, translation of Greek hulē iatrikē 'healing material' (the title of a work by Dioscorides).