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pharmacopoeia

/fahr-muh-kuh-pee-uh/US // ˌfɑr mə kəˈpi ə //UK // (ˌfɑːməkəˈpiːə) //

药典,药物学,医药百科

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pharmacology.

    • : a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
    • : a stock of drugs.

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Examples

  • Above all, the doctor—the doctor and the purulent trash and garbage of his pharmacopoeia!

  • Having occasion to consult the "Pharmacopoeia," he had written it at home, and had promised to send it to the patient immediately.

  • The flowers were official in the London pharmacopoeia as late as 1746.

  • The British Pharmacopoeia contains two preparations of capsicum, a tincture (dose 5-15 minims) and an ointment.

  • At one side of this herb plot were other growths of a rustic pharmacopoeia, great treasures and rarities among the commoner herbs.