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pharmacognosy definition

phar·ma·cog·nosy (fär′mə käg′nə sē)

noun

the science that deals with medicinal products of plant, animal, or mineral origin in their crude or unprepared state

Etymology: < Gr pharmakon, drug + -gnōsia < gnōsis, knowledge: see gnosis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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