materia medican.

Brit.

/məˌtɪərɪə ˈmɛdᵻkə/, U.S.

/məˈtɪriə ˈmɛdəkə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin materia medica.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin materia medica (1557 in the title of a translation of Dioscorides by J. Cornarius; that of M. Vergilius (1518) has medica materia ) < classical Latin māteria matter n.¹ + medica , feminine singular of medicus medical adj., after Hellenistic Greek ὕλη ἰατρική medical material (title of a work by Dioscorides).Compare also post-classical Latin materia medicinalis (6th cent.; compare medicinalis materia, 1516 in the title of a translation of Dioscorides by H. Barbarus); French matière médicinale (1748), matière médicale (1717).

Pharmacology.

a. With the. The remedial substances and preparations used in the practice of medicine; a list of these (later also as a count noun).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun]

medicine?c1225

pottingary1474

druggery1507

physicary?1577

stuffa1616

materia medica1663

muti1860

1663 P. Skippon Jrnl. in Voy. & Trav. (1746) VI. 547 Four hundred glass bottles filled with the Materia Medica, chymically prepared.

1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 244 The Arabians were wise, and knowing in the Materia Medica, to have put it in their Alkermes.

1752 G. Berkeley Further Thoughts Tar-water in Wks. (1871) III. 496 Can any instance be produced in the whole materia medica..of the virtue of a medicine tried on greater numbers?

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Canderros, in the materia medica, a name of an East Indian gum.

1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 116 As I supposed this bag contained the whole materia medica of the nation, I examined it with some attention.

1877 T. S. Arthur Grappling with Monster vii. 133 Wine, brandy, whisky and tonic ale..were administered more frequently, perhaps, than any other articles in the Materia Medica.

1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 309/1 It probably came to life during the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, when modern medicine was getting on its legs and the materia medica of a simpler age was being radically overhauled.

1986 G. Vithoulkas Sci. Homoeopathy ii. xiii. 195 It would be entirely impractical for a prescriber to go thumbing through the many volumes of materia medicas trying to find the remedy which best fits the totality of symptoms of the patient.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. xxxi. 533 The institutions recorded..must be regarded as the materia medica proper for a distempered constitution.

1783 J. Beattie Let. 30 Mar. in Life (1806) II. 122 It would be a valuable addition to the materia medica of government.

1796 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iv, in Wks. (1812) IX. 124 Among other miserable remedies, that have been found in the materia medica of the old College, a change of Ministry will be proposed.

1865 A. J. H. Duganne Poet. Wks. 209 The homoeopathic thought (though truth sublime) Dies, through materia medica of rhyme.

2. The branch of medicine that deals with the origins, preparation, and use of the materia medica.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > [noun] > pharmacology

pharmaceutic?1541

pharmaceutics1684

pharmacology1698

materia medica1771

pharmacognosy1859

pharmacognosis1868

pharmacopedics1901

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 4 There are different courses for the theory of medicine, and the practice of medicine; for anatomy, chemistry, botany, and the materia medica, over and above those of mathematics and experimental philosophy.

1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 1 Materia Medica is that department of the science of medicine, that treats of the nature and properties of the substances which are employed as remedies to restore health in diseased bodies.

1845 E. Ballard & A. B. Garrod (title) Elements of materia medica and therapeutics.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 362/2 He founded the Linnaean institute at Upsala in 1802, and in 1812 became professor of materia medica at the university.

1961 Lancet 2 Sept. 559/1 He found time..to lecture on jurisprudence and materia medica and pharmacology.

1995 Beaver (Winnipeg) Aug.–Sept. 38/1 The advanced British medical schools in the eighteenth century were in Scotland where botany, materia medica, zoology, [etc.]..were taught.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	materia medica
释义	materia medican. Brit. /məˌtɪərɪə ˈmɛdᵻkə/, U.S. /məˈtɪriə ˈmɛdəkə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin materia medica. Etymology: < post-classical Latin materia medica (1557 in the title of a translation of Dioscorides by J. Cornarius; that of M. Vergilius (1518) has medica materia ) < classical Latin māteria matter n.¹ + medica , feminine singular of medicus medical adj., after Hellenistic Greek ὕλη ἰατρική medical material (title of a work by Dioscorides).Compare also post-classical Latin materia medicinalis (6th cent.; compare medicinalis materia, 1516 in the title of a translation of Dioscorides by H. Barbarus); French matière médicinale (1748), matière médicale (1717). Pharmacology. 1. a. With the. The remedial substances and preparations used in the practice of medicine; a list of these (later also as a count noun). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] medicine?c1225 pottingary1474 druggery1507 physicary?1577 stuffa1616 materia medica1663 muti1860 1663 P. Skippon Jrnl. in Voy. & Trav. (1746) VI. 547 Four hundred glass bottles filled with the Materia Medica, chymically prepared. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 244 The Arabians were wise, and knowing in the Materia Medica, to have put it in their Alkermes. 1752 G. Berkeley Further Thoughts Tar-water in Wks. (1871) III. 496 Can any instance be produced in the whole materia medica..of the virtue of a medicine tried on greater numbers? 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Canderros, in the materia medica, a name of an East Indian gum. 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 116 As I supposed this bag contained the whole materia medica of the nation, I examined it with some attention. 1877 T. S. Arthur Grappling with Monster vii. 133 Wine, brandy, whisky and tonic ale..were administered more frequently, perhaps, than any other articles in the Materia Medica. 1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 309/1 It probably came to life during the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, when modern medicine was getting on its legs and the materia medica of a simpler age was being radically overhauled. 1986 G. Vithoulkas Sci. Homoeopathy ii. xiii. 195 It would be entirely impractical for a prescriber to go thumbing through the many volumes of materia medicas trying to find the remedy which best fits the totality of symptoms of the patient. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. xxxi. 533 The institutions recorded..must be regarded as the materia medica proper for a distempered constitution. 1783 J. Beattie Let. 30 Mar. in Life (1806) II. 122 It would be a valuable addition to the materia medica of government. 1796 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iv, in Wks. (1812) IX. 124 Among other miserable remedies, that have been found in the materia medica of the old College, a change of Ministry will be proposed. 1865 A. J. H. Duganne Poet. Wks. 209 The homoeopathic thought (though truth sublime) Dies, through materia medica of rhyme. 2. The branch of medicine that deals with the origins, preparation, and use of the materia medica. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > [noun] > pharmacology pharmaceutic?1541 pharmaceutics1684 pharmacology1698 materia medica1771 pharmacognosy1859 pharmacognosis1868 pharmacopedics1901 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 4 There are different courses for the theory of medicine, and the practice of medicine; for anatomy, chemistry, botany, and the materia medica, over and above those of mathematics and experimental philosophy. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 1 Materia Medica is that department of the science of medicine, that treats of the nature and properties of the substances which are employed as remedies to restore health in diseased bodies. 1845 E. Ballard & A. B. Garrod (title) Elements of materia medica and therapeutics. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 362/2 He founded the Linnaean institute at Upsala in 1802, and in 1812 became professor of materia medica at the university. 1961 Lancet 2 Sept. 559/1 He found time..to lecture on jurisprudence and materia medica and pharmacology. 1995 Beaver (Winnipeg) Aug.–Sept. 38/1 The advanced British medical schools in the eighteenth century were in Scotland where botany, materia medica, zoology, [etc.]..were taught. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1663
随便看	with eyes open with eyes wide open with facility with fairness with fine force with fingers crossed with flying colors with flying colours with foal with force with force and arms with force of arms with friends like ——, who needs enemies? with full eye, arm, etc with full mien with full mouth with full or all one's steam on with full sail with full sails with full will with gay abandon with god with god to friend with god's assistance with god's blessing