pharmacopoeial

[fahr-muh-kuh-pee-uh]

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

phar·ma·co·poe·ial, phar·ma·co·poe·ic, adjective
phar·ma·co·poe·ist, noun
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pharmacopoeia or pharmacopeia (ˌfɑːməkəˈpiːə)
 
n
an authoritative book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their uses, preparation, dosages, formulas, etc
 
[C17: via New Latin from Greek pharmakopoiia art of preparing drugs, from pharmaco- + -poiia, from poiein to make]
 
pharmacopeia or pharmacopeia
 
n
 
[C17: via New Latin from Greek pharmakopoiia art of preparing drugs, from pharmaco- + -poiia, from poiein to make]
 
pharmaco'poeial or pharmacopeia
 
adj
 
pharmaco'poeic or pharmacopeia
 
adj
 
pharmaco'poeist or pharmacopeia
 
n

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