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Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.

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  1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.
  2. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases.
  3. n. the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
  4. 1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine. 2. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases.
  5. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases.