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pharmacopoeia

or 󲹰····

[ 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.


pharmacopoeia

/ ˌɑːəəˈ辱ːə /

noun

  1. an authoritative book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their uses, preparation, dosages, formulas, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ󲹰ˈDZ𾱲, adjective
  • ˌ󲹰ˈDZ𾱲, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 󲹰m··DZi 󲹰m··DZi adjective
  • 󲹰m··DZi noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pharmacopoeia1

1615–25; < New Latin < Greek 󲹰DZǾí drug-maker's art, equivalent to á ( n ) drug + -poi ( os ) making ( poi ( î ) to make + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pharmacopoeia1

C17: via New Latin from Greek pharmakopoiia art of preparing drugs, from pharmaco- + -poiia, from poiein to make
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Fortunately, Borneo’s rich biodiversity offers a vast pharmacopoeia.

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She added, “There’s a pharmacopoeia out there waiting to be explored.”

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Greek physician, wrote in his famous five-volume pharmacopoeia of plants and their medicines, “De Materia Medica”: “The Herb Scorpius resembleth the tail of the Scorpion, and is good against his bitings.”

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He saw his “pharmacopoeia” of medicinal plants, lavender, daffodils, sea kale and wild bees as therapy, and, in an interview for British television a year before his death, said: “I should’ve been a gardener.”

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He painted a familiar picture of a teen and preteen pharmacopoeia.

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