Pharmaceutics
(Phar`ma*ceu"tics) n. The science of preparing medicines.
Pharmaceutist
(Phar`ma*ceu"tist) n. One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary.
Pharmacist
(Phar"ma*cist) n. One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist.
Pharmacodynamics
(Phar`ma*co*dy*nam"ics) n. [Gr. fa`rmakon medicine + E. dynamics.] That
branch of pharmacology which considers the mode of action, and the effects, of medicines. Dunglison.
Pharmacognosis
(Phar`ma*cog*no"sis) n. [Gr. fa`rmakon a drug + gnw^sis a knowing.] That branch
of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; — called also pharmacography, and
pharmacomathy.
Pharmacognosy
(Phar`ma*cog"no*sy) n. Pharmacognosis.
Pharmacography
(Phar`ma*cog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. fa`rmakon a drug + -graphy.] See Pharmacognosis.
Pharmacolite
(Phar*mac"o*lite) n. [Gr. fa`rmakon drug, poisonous drug + -lite: cf. F. pharmacolithe.]
(Min.) A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color.
Pharmacologist
(Phar`ma*col"o*gist) n. [Cf. F. pharmacologiste.] One skilled in pharmacology.
Pharmacology
(Phar`ma*col"o*gy) n. [Gr. fa`rmakon drug + -logy: cf. F. pharmacologie.]
1. Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.
2. A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.
Pharmacomathy
(Phar`ma*com"a*thy) n. [Gr. fa`rmakon a drug + manqa`nein to learn.] See Pharmacognosis.
Pharmacon
(Phar"ma*con) n. [NL., fr. Gr. fa`rmakon.] A medicine or drug; also, a poison. Dunglison.
Pharmacopœia
(Phar`ma*co*pœ"ia) n. [NL., from Gr. farmakopoii:`a the preparation of medicines; fa`rmakon
medicine + poiei^n to make.]
1. A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is
issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard.
2. A chemical laboratory. [Obs.] Dunglison.
Pharmacopolist
(Phar`ma*cop"o*list) n. [L. pharmacopola, Gr. farmakopw`lhs; fa`rmakon medicine +
pwlei^n to sell.] One who sells medicines; an apothecary.
