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'''Pedanius Dioscorides''' (Ancient Greek: Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης; c. 40 – 90 AD), or '''Pedanii Dioscuridis''', was a [[physician]], [[pharmacologist]] and [[botanist]].

He wrote ''De Materia Medica'', a 5-volume encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia), that was widely read for more than 1,500 years.

Dioscorides was employed as a [[medic]] in the [[Roman army]].

== See also ==

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedanius_Dioscorides Pedanius Dioscorides] @ Wikipedia

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