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- noun That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- usually called
pharmacognosy , and alsopharmacography , andpharmacomathy .
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- noun The branch of
pharmacology that deals withunprepared medicines orsimples .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek a drug + knowing.
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