(medicine, archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacology, particularly its development in early modern Europe.

(medicine, archaic or historical) Synonym of medicine: the substances so used, particularly traditional cures prepared from animals and plants such as herbal medicines but inclusive of early drugs.

Dealing with the same matter or subject. / (law) A canon of construction holding that the meaning of an ambiguous law can be determined in light of other statutes on the same subject matter.

(historical) An ethereal substance once believed to fill spaces emptied of air (i.e. any vacuum) and to be capable of passing through solid objects.

(alchemy) The primitive formless base of all matter, which is the starting material required for the magnum opus and the creation of the philosopher's stone.

Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth. / Of or concerning philosophical materialism.

Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns. / (philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.

Having to do with matter; consisting of matter. / Worldly, as opposed to spiritual. / (law, accounting) Significant.

Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something. / Text written for a specific purpose. / A sample or specimens for study. / Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.

(obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.