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Definition: Pharmacopoeia |
PharmacopoeiaNoun1. A collection or stock of drugs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pharmacopoeia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutics; pharmacopoeia, formulary; acology, Materia Medica, therapeutics, posology; homeopathy, allopathy, heteropathy, osteopathy, hydropathy; cold water cure; dietetics; surgery, chirurgery, chirurgy; healing art, leechcraft; |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Pharmacopoeia |
| Specialty definitions using "pharmacopoeia": Ergot Alkaloids ♦ homeopathic medicinal product ♦ Nafronyl ♦ officinal formula. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | 15. First Official Pharmacopoeia (1498 A.D.) / Robert A. Thom.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Pharmacopoeia.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Economic History | Philippines | The local Bureau of Food and Drugs adopts U.S. pharmacopoeia. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pharmacopoeia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.86% of the time. "Pharmacopoeia" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.86% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
european pharmacopoeia | 25 |
british pharmacopoeia | 14 |
pharmacopoeia state united | 13 |
pharmacopoeia | 10 |
extra martindale pharmacopoeia | 6 |
pharmacopoeia tarascon | 5 |
japanese pharmacopoeia | 5 |
2000 current medical note pharmacopoeia pocket reference | 4 |
pharmacopoeia us | 4 |
tarascon pocket pharmacopoeia | 3 |
pharmacopoeia u.s | 3 |
homeopathic pharmacopoeia state united | 2 |
american herbal pharmacopoeia | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pharmacopoeia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الأقرباذين دستور الصيدلة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фармакопея, домашна аптека. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 药典. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | farmakopé (pharmacopeia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | farmacopee (pharmacopeia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کتاب دستورداروسازی , دارونامه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pharmacopée (pharmacopeia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Arzneibuch (pharmacopeia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φαρμακοποιία (pharmaceutics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyógyszerkönyv (dispensary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | farmacopea (pharmacopeia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | armacopoeiaphay farmacopeia (pharmacopeia), farmacologia (pharmacology). (various references) farmacopee. (various references) фармакопея (dispensatory, pharmacopeia, pharmacopoeias). (various references) farmakopeja. (various references) farmacopea (pharmacopeia). (various references) farmakope. (various references) kodeks (codex, formulary), ilaçlar kitabı, farmakope. (various references) фармакопея (dispensatory). (various references) dược thư, dược điển kho dược phẩm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pharmacopoeia": pharmacopoeial, pharmacopoeias. (additional references) | |
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"Pharmacopoeia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Paracooperia, Pharmacologia, Pharmacopaea, pharmacopceia, Pharmacopeia, Pharmacopoeta, pharmocopia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pharmacopoeia" (pronounced 'Phar`ma*co*p[oe]"ia'): Battalia, Cassiopeia, Hygeia, Melopoeia, Onomatopoeia, Prosopopoeia, Raia, Sapucaia, Scaglia. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-h-i-m-o-o-p-p-r" | |
-1 letter: pharmacopeia. | |
-4 letters: paramecia. | |
-5 letters: amphorae, approach, camphire, chimaera, choppier, coappear, copperah, copremia, poachier. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-e-h-i-m-o-o-p-p-r" | |
+1 letter: pharmacopoeial, pharmacopoeias. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 61 72 6D 61 63 6F 70 6F 65 69 61 |
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