pharmacopoeia
Word family adjectivepharmacopoeialpharmacopoeiannounpharmacopoeia
phar·ma·co·poe·ia /ˌfɑːməkəˈpiːə $ ˌfɑːr-/ noun [countableC] technicalMD an official book giving information about medicines 药典 Origin pharmacopoeia (1600-1700) Modern Latin Late Greek pharmakopoiia “making drugs”, from
Greek pharmakon (
→ PHARMACY) +
poiein “to make”