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pharmacopeia Definition

phar·ma·co·peia (fär′mə kō pē′ə)

noun

  1. an authoritative book containing a list and description of drugs and medicines together with the standards established under law for their production, dispensation, use, etc.
  2. Obsolete a stock of drugs

Etymology: ModL < Gr pharmakopoiïa < pharmakon, drug + poiein, to make: see poet

pharmacopeia Related Forms

phar′·ma·co·pe′ial adjective or phar′·ma·co·poe′ial