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pharmacopoeia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pharmacopoeia  \Phar`ma*co*p[oe]"ia\,  n.  [NL.,  from  Gr 
  farmakopoii:`a  the  preparation  of  medicines;  fa`rmakon 
  medicine  +  poiei^n  to  make.] 
  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.  [Obs.]  --Dunglison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pharmacopoeia 
  n  :  a  collection  or  stock  of  drugs 




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