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phar⋅ma⋅co⋅poe⋅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. |
Also, phar⋅ma⋅co⋅pe⋅ia.
Origin:
1615–25; < NL < Gk pharmakopoiía drug-maker's art, equiv. to phármako(n) drug + -poi(os) making (poi(eîn) to make + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia
1615–25; < NL < Gk pharmakopoiía drug-maker's art, equiv. to phármako(n) drug + -poi(os) making (poi(eîn) to make + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia
Related forms:
phar⋅ma⋅co⋅poe⋅ial, phar⋅ma⋅co⋅poe⋅ic, adjective
phar⋅ma⋅co⋅poe⋅ist, noun
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| phar·ma·co·poe·ia also phar·ma·co·pe·ia (fär'mə-kə-pē'ə) n.
[New Latin, from Greek pharmakopoiiā, preparation of drugs, from pharmakopoios, preparing drugs : pharmako-, pharmaco- + poiein, to make; see kwei-2 in Indo-European roots.] phar'ma·co·poe'ial (-pē'əl) adj., phar'ma·co·poe'ist (-pē'ĭst) n. |
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