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pharmacopoeia

or phar·ma·co·pe·ia

[ fahr-muh-kuh-pee-uh ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
  2. a stock of drugs.


pharmacopoeia

/ ˌfɑːməkəˈpiːə /

noun

  1. an authoritative book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their uses, preparation, dosages, formulas, etc


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Derived Forms

  • ˌpharmacoˈpoeial, adjective
  • ˌpharmacoˈpoeist, noun

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Other Words From

  • pharma·co·poeial pharma·co·poeic adjective
  • pharma·co·poeist noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pharmacopoeia1

1615–25; < New Latin < Greek pharmakopoiía drug-maker's art, equivalent to phármako ( n ) drug + -poi ( os ) making ( poi ( eîn ) to make + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pharmacopoeia1

C17: via New Latin from Greek pharmakopoiia art of preparing drugs, from pharmaco- + -poiia, from poiein to make

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Example Sentences

More people have been poisoned by the drugs inside of the Pharmacopœia than by those outside of it.

Warranted conformable to the directions of the London Pharmacopœia.

It has been the pride of our physicians, that the pharmacopœia has been simplified; it has not reached its most simple form yet.

Or is the Chinese pharmacopœia of the present day much more trustworthy as to many of its items?

Unluckily we have none such; unluckily the Heavens themselves, in their rich pharmacopœia, contain none such.

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