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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pharmacopea, n. [e.m.E. pharmacopea (1621), Gk. φαρμακοποιία.] A pharmacopœia, a list of drugs with their descriptions and preparations. —1685 Edinb. Surgeons II. 298.
The phisitians having composed a dispensatory or pharmacopea quhich they intend should be the rule and standart of all the compositions to be made up by all both chirurgion-apothecars & apothecars 1699 in Aldis List of Books Printed in Scotland before 1700 (1970) 170.]
[Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Londini. (Royal College of Physicians). Edinburgi
