pharmacopoeia

or phar·ma·co·pe·ia

[ fahr-muh-kuh-pee-uh ]
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nounPharmacology.
  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.

Origin of pharmacopoeia

1
1615–25; <New Latin <Greek pharmakopoiía drug-maker's art, equivalent to phármako(n) drug + -poi(os) making (poi(eîn) to make + -os adj. suffix) + -ia-ia

Other words from pharmacopoeia

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

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British Dictionary definitions for pharmacopoeia

pharmacopoeia

sometimes US pharmacopeia

/ (ˌfɑːməkəˈpiːə) /


noun
  1. an authoritative book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their uses, preparation, dosages, formulas, etc

Origin of pharmacopoeia

1
C17: via New Latin from Greek pharmakopoiia art of preparing drugs, from pharmaco- + -poiia, from poiein to make

Derived forms of pharmacopoeia

  • pharmacopoeial or pharmacopoeic, adjective
  • pharmacopoeist, noun

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