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pharmacopoeia

phar·ma·co·poe·ia [ frməkə p ə ] (plural phar·ma·co·poe·ias) or phar·ma·co·pe·ia [ frməkə p ə ] (plural phar·ma·co·pe·ias)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. book describing drugs and their uses: an official compendium of quality standards for pharmacologically active substances and drug products

2. collection of drugs: a stock or collection of drugs ( archaic )

[Early 17th century. Via modern Latin< Greek pharmakopoiia "preparing of drugs" < pharmakon "drug"]

phar·ma·co·poe·ial adjective
phar·ma·co·poe·ic adjective
phar·ma·co·poe·ist noun
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