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pharmacopoeia
or phar·ma·co·pe·ia
[ fahr-muh-kuh-pee-uh ]
noun
, Pharmacology.
- 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.
- a stock of drugs.
pharmacopoeia
/ ˌfɑːməkəˈpiːə /
noun
- 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
- pharma·co·poeial pharma·co·poeic adjective
- pharma·co·poeist 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.
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Warranted conformable to the directions of the London Pharmacopœia.
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It has been the pride of our physicians, that the pharmacopœia has been simplified; it has not reached its most simple form yet.
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Or is the Chinese pharmacopœia of the present day much more trustworthy as to many of its items?
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Unluckily we have none such; unluckily the Heavens themselves, in their rich pharmacopœia, contain none such.
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