Definition for PHAR-MA-CO-POE'IA, or PHAR'MA-CO-PY

PHAR-MA-CO-POE'IA, or PHAR'MA-CO-PY, n. [PHAR-MA-CO-PœIA. Gr. φαρμακον and ποιεω, to make.]

A dispensatory; a book or treatise describing the preparations of the several kinds of medicines, either with or without their uses and manner of application.

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