charta

American  

[kahr-tuh] / ˈkɑr tə /

noun

Pharmacology.

plural

chartae

1. a strip of paper that is impregnated with a medicinal substance, for external application.

2. Also called chartula, powder paper.  a paper folded so as to form a packet for a powdered medicament.

---

Etymology

Origin of charta

before 1000; Old English, for earlier sense of “letter, document” < Medieval Latin; < New Latin, Latin: sheet of paper, document < Greek chártēs papyrus leaf, sheet of paper, literally, something to make marks on; see character

Example Sentences

Many hundreds of years ago, he had once told Meggie, people made the bindings for particularly valuable books from the skin of unborn calves, charta virginea non nata, a pretty name for a terrible thing.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

In this difficulty Eumenes, we are told, had recourse to the preparation of sheepskins, and that from the place of its invention it was called charta pergamena.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William

I. Seu leviter noto seu caro missa sodali Omnes ista solet charta vocare suos.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Hence the invention of parchment, called Pergamana charta.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

Haec est, quae sacra didicit florere figura, Non nisi per lacrymas charta videnda tuas.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard