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Definition of Pharmacopoeia
1. Noun. A collection or stock of drugs.
Group relationships: Apothecary's Shop, Chemist's, Chemist's Shop, Drugstore, Pharmacy
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection
Definition of Pharmacopoeia
1. Noun. An official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation. ¹
2. Noun. A collection of drugs. ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of pharmacopoeia) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pharmacopoeia
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Medical Definition of Pharmacopoeia
1. 1. A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc, used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard. 2. A chemical laboratory. Origin: NL, from Gr. The preparation of medicines; medicine + to make. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pharmacopoeia
Literary usage of Pharmacopoeia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1903)
"Formula in addition to those in the British pharmacopoeia, pp. 73. Lond. 1890.
... STARTIN ( J.) pharmacopoeia for Diseases of the Skin. pp. 35. Lond. 1890. ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1868)
"... according to the directions and formulae contained in the London pharmacopoeia,
instead of recognizing and adopting the British pharmacopoeia of 1867, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The first British pharmacopoeia was published in the English language in 1864,
... The necessity for this element in the construction of a pharmacopoeia is ..."
4. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"After 1542, when the first pharmacopoeia, that of Nuremberg, is supposed to have
... In 1618 the London College of Physicians issued its pharmacopoeia, ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1898)
"These are exactly the views of the commissioners; in other words, that it would
he a very great mistake ts have an International pharmacopoeia and a Na ..."
6. A Treatise on pharmacy: Designed as a Text-book for the Student, and as a by Edward Parrish (1874)
"1804. pharmacopoeia Pauperum in usnm Instituti Cli- 1831. pharmacopoeia ...
The pharmacopoeia is to be looked to as a guide to novelties in Pharmacy, ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1900)
"Thus we see the German, English, French, East Indian, West Indian, etc., but none
are designated United Slates pharmacopoeia. The doctor could not see ..."
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