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pharmacopoeia
phar·ma·co·poe·ia
[
frməkə p ə
]
(
plural
phar·ma·co·poe·ias
)
or
phar·ma·co·pe·ia
[
frməkə 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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