2. A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

Phar`ma*com"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. fa`rmakon a drug + manqa`nein to learn.]

See Pharmacognosis.

Phar"ma*con (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. fa`rmakon.] A medicine or drug; also,

a poison. Dunglison.

Phar`ma*co*pú"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.

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