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Definition of pharmacopoeia noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pharmacopoeia

noun
 
/ˌfɑːməkəˈpiːə/
 
/ˌfɑːrməkəˈpiːə/
(North American English also pharmacopeia)
(specialist)
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  1. an official book containing a list of medicines and drugs and instructions for their use
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek pharmakopoiia ‘art of preparing drugs’, based on pharmakon ‘drug’ + -poios ‘making’.
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