formula medical definition
noun pl. for·mu·las or
for·mu·lae - A symbolic representation of the chemical composition or of the chemical composition and structure of a compound.
- The chemical compound so represented.
- A prescription of ingredients in fixed proportion; a recipe.
- A liquid food for infants, containing most of the nutrients in human milk.
- A mathematical statement, especially an equation, of a fact, rule, principle, or other logical relation.
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