pharmacopoeia

phar·ma·co·poe·ia also phar·ma·co·pe·ia  (färm-k-p)

n.

1. A book containing an official list of medicinal drugs together with articles on their preparation and use.

2. A collection or stock of drugs.

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[New Latin, from Greek pharmakopoii, preparation of drugs, from pharmakopoios, preparing drugs : pharmako-, pharmaco- + poiein, to make; see k^wei-² in Indo-European roots.]

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pharma·co·poeial (-pl) adj.

pharma·co·poeist (-pst) n.

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pharmacopoeia sometimes US, pharmacopeia [ˌfɑːməkəˈpiːə]

n

(Medicine / Pharmacology) an authoritative book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their uses, preparation, dosages, formulas, etc.

[via New Latin from Greek pharmakopoiia art of preparing drugs, from pharmaco- + -poiia, from poiein to make]

pharmacopoeial , pharmacopoeic adj

pharmacopoeist  n

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pharmacopoeia

a book, usually of an official nature, containing a list of approved drugs and medicines, with information regarding their properties, preparation, and use. Also called antidotary.
2. a pharmacist’s stock of drugs.

See also: Drugs

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a complete listing of all drugs and information concerning them.

See also: Remedies

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pharmacopoeia - a collection or stock of drugs drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmacy - a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole

Translations

pharmacopoeia pharmacopeia (US also) [ˌfɑːməkəˈpiːə] N → farmacopea f

pharmacopoeia pharmacopeia [ˌfɑː^rməkəˈpiːə] n → pharmacopée f

pharmacopoeia

n → Pharmakopöe f (spec), → amtliches Arzneibuch