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Definition of Pharmacopeia

1. Noun. (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation. "Postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after acute infections"

Definition of Pharmacopeia

1. Noun. (alternative form of pharmacopoeia) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pharmacopeia

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Medical Definition of Pharmacopeia

1. An official authoritative listing of drugs. Aspirin has, for example, long been in the pharmacopeia. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pharmacopeia

Literary usage of Pharmacopeia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1895)
"To the merit of the author be it said, that the numerous assay direction sprinkled throughout the pharmacopeia are in his book ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The object of the pharmacopeia is to so standardize drugs as to secure a uniform ... After 1542 when the first pharmacopeia, that of Nuremberg, appeared, ..."

3. American Medicine (1906)
"The compilers of the eighth revision of the United States pharmacopeia have adopted a more liberal policy toward proprietary remedies than any of their ..."

4. Texas Medical Journal (1907)
"The pharmacopeia—As Seen by One General Practitioner. ... At the end of eight or ten years he has quite a pharmacopeia of his own, limited, to be sure, ..."

5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1783)
"Different editions of this pharmacopeia have ... that, in their pharmacopeia, they acquire an efta- ..."

6. Proceedings of the Connecticut Medical Society by Connecticut Medical Society (1901)
"The Committee appointed by the President of the Connecticut Medical Society to recommend changes in the United States pharmacopeia sent the results of their ..."

7. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1826)
"The Veterinary pharmacopeia. 5879. The following formula for veterinary practice have ... The veterinary pharmacopeia for orr/i, calves, and sheep has been ..."

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