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materia
1. Substance or matter.
2. In medicine, a whitish or cream-colored cheesy mass deposited around the necks of the teeth, composed of food debris, mucin, and dead epithelial cells.
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materia medica (medical matter)
1. Substances used in medicine.
2. That branch of medicine which deals with the properties of drugs and with their application in the cure of diseases.
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