formulary Definition
for·mu·lary (fôr′myo̵̅o̅ ler′ē, -myə-)
noun pl. -·lar′·ies
- a collection of fixed or prescribed forms or formulas, as in a book
- a fixed or prescribed form or formula
- Pharmacy a list of medicines with their formulas and directions for compounding them
Etymology: Fr formulaire < L formula, formula
adjective
of or like a formula or formulary
formulary Synonyms
formulary Usage Examples
Converse of object
- prescribe: Possible expansion of nurse prescribing formulary to include the whole BNF.
- agree: Nurses ' prescribing may be limited by locally agreed formularies.
- extend: The British Medical Association recently expressed concerns about the safety of extending the formulary to non-medical prescribers.
Adjective modifier
- extended: Practice nurses are prescribing more items from the extended formulary than Primary Care Trust nurses.
- generic: Could be sold fair or poor drugs generic formulary.
- limited: These nurses will continue to prescribe from a limited formulary.
- historic: In the 1970s the Articles were embedded in a package of " historic formularies " that bear witness to the faith.
Modifies a noun
- prescriber: Editorial note: Cold sores do not appear on the list of minor ailments that extended formulary nurse prescribers can prescribe for.
- pharmacist: From 1988 to 2003, Rob was also hospital formulary pharmacist for the North East Wales NHS Trust ( Maelor Hospital, Wrexham ).
- inclusion: The biggest success for me was formulary inclusion in Greater Glasgow Health Board ( GGHB ); this was the first in Scotland.
- nurse: In December 2002, there were almost 22,500 original formulary nurses recorded on the PPA database.
- drug: Health coverage than likely explanation for a formulary drug.
- status: In the US, Protonix enjoys the best health insurance formulary status of any branded prescription PPI.
Noun used with modifier
- drug: A drug formulary appears at the back of the book.
- hospital: Evidence of hospital formulary success is essential for this vacancy preferably with some knowledge of the diabetes market.
- nurse: Nearly all the products are in the drug tariff and nurse prescriber formulary.
- practice: Creation of a practice formulary would be a key step.
Possessives
- prescriber: She also announced a new consultation for the expansion of the independent nurse prescribers ' formulary.
- nurse: Respondents answered discipline-specific questions to investigate the knowledge that they had regarding products in the proposed nurses ' formulary.
Preposition: for
prescriber: All P medicines are included in the formulary for independent nurse prescribers.
Browse dictionary entries near formulary
- ‹ formularize
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- ‹ Formosa Strait
- ‹ Formosa
- ‹ formless
- ‹ formidable
- ‹ formicary
- ‹ Formica
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