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pharmacognosy
4 dictionary results for: pharmacognosy
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

phar⋅ma⋅cog⋅no⋅sy

[fahr-muh-kog-nuh-see]
–noun
materia medica (def. 2).

Origin:
1835–45; pharmaco- + -gnos(is) + -y 3
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
phar·ma·cog·no·sy     (fär'mə-kŏg'nə-sē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs in their crude or natural state and with medicinal herbs or other plants.

[pharmaco- + Greek gnōsis, knowledge; see gnosis.]
phar'ma·cog'no·sist n., phar'ma·cog·nos'tic (-kŏg-nŏs'tĭk) adj.
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

pharmacognosy phar·ma·cog·no·sy (fär'mə-kŏg'nə-sē)
n.
The branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs in their crude or natural state.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Pharmacognosy

Phar`ma*cog"no*sy\, n. Pharmacognosis.

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