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Definition of Pharmacognosy
1. n. Pharmacognosis.
Definition of Pharmacognosy
1. Noun. The branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are extracted from natural sources, including drugs derived from plants and herbs used for medicinal purposes. ¹
2. Noun. The branch of pharmacology dealing with recognizing the natural substances that have medicinal uses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pharmacognosy
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Medical Definition of Pharmacognosy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pharmacognosy
Literary usage of Pharmacognosy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"pharmacognosy deals with the origin and the anatomic and chemic structure ...
Importance of pharmacognosy.—An accurate knowledge of this branch is necessary ..."
2. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"The Lantern in Class Room of pharmacognosy. The primary object of pharmacognosy,
as more especially adapted to the needs of students of pharmacy, ..."
3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"A section of the review is given to the investigations of insect pests.—HW Anderson.
PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY AND pharmacognosy ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1870)
"pharmacognosy. DRUGS DERIVED FROM THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. HYMENOMYCETES.
Amanita Muscaria, Persoon.—All investigations formerly instituted with a view to ..."
5. An Illustrated Monograph on Kola by Julius Otto Schlotterbeck, John Vietch Shoemaker (1894)
"PART I. Kola pharmacognosy. Comprising the Description, Names and Synonyms, Habitat.
History, Botany, Cultivation, Collection and Transportation, ..."
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