formula medical definition

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

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