Pharmacopoeia Definition
färmə-kə-pēə
noun
A book containing an official list of medicinal drugs together with articles on their preparation and use.
American Heritage Medicine
A collection or stock of drugs.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Pharmacopoeia
Noun
Singular:
pharmacopoeia
Plural:
pharmacopoeiasOrigin of Pharmacopoeia
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New Latin from Greek pharmakopoiiā preparation of drugs from pharmakopoios preparing drugs pharmako- pharmaco- poiein to make kwei-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French pharmacopée and post-classical Latin pharmacopoeia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek φαρμακοποιία (pharmakopoiia, “preparation of drugs").
From Wiktionary
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