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pharmacopeia noun[ C ] medical specialized(UKpharmacopoeia)us/ˌfɑrː.məˈkoʊ.piː.ə/uk /ˌfɑː.mə.kəˈpiː.ə/ a list of drugs, together with information on their effects and instructions on how they should be used : In most countries there is an official pharmacopeia, and any dispensed drug must comply with its standards. They did not easily fit into the existing pharmacopeias as regular drugs. a supply or collection of drugs: Nature offers a vast pharmacopeia of remedies that medical science has at last begun to explore. Over the years, he worked his way through a pharmacopeia of recreational drugs. In 1546 the first pharmacopeia appeared in Nürnberg, Germany. Individual ingredients are listed in the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States. Every culture has developed its own herbal pharmacopeia. As he got older, he had restricted his personal pharmacopeia to morphine and sodium bicarbonate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Drugs - general words abstinence abstinence-only altered state of consciousness anti-drug bindle freebasing legal high lit magic mushroom medicament multidrug peddler pill-popping shoot smashed solvent abuse spike substance substance abuse wiped out |