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Definition of Dispensatory
1. a. Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
2. n. A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacopœia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.
Definition of Dispensatory
1. Noun. A book containing a systematic description of drugs and of preparations made from them. ¹
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Definition of Dispensatory
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Medical Definition of Dispensatory
1. A work originally intended as a commentary on the Pharmacopeia, but now more of a supplement to that work, which contains an account of the sources, mode of preparation, physiologic action, and therapeutic uses of most of the agents, official and nonofficial; used in the treatment of disease. Origin: L. Dispensator, a manager, steward; see dispensary (05 Mar 2000)
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