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noun
A text describing medicines and pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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noun
A collection of drugs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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noun
a collection or stock of drugs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
History
From French pharmacopée and post-classical Latin pharmacopoeia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek φαρμακοποιία (pharmakopoiía, “preparation of drugs”).
Across languages
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