ethnopharmacology

[eth-noh-fahr-muh-kol-uh-jee]

eth·no·phar·ma·col·o·gy

[eth-noh-fahr-muh-kol-uh-jee]
noun
the scientific study of substances used medicinally, especially folk remedies, by different ethnic or cultural groups.

Origin:
1975–80; ethno- + pharmacology

eth·no·phar·ma·co·log·i·cal [eth-noh-fahr-muh-kuh-loj-i-kuhl] , eth·no·phar·ma·co·log·ic, adjective
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Ethnopharmacology has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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