| pharmacopoeias | Authoritative treatises on drugs and preparations, their description, formulation, analytic composition, physical constants, main chemical properties used in identification, standards for strength, purity, and dosage, chemical tests for determining identity and purity, etc. They are usually published under governmental jurisdiction (e.g., usp, the united states pharmacopoeia; bp, british pharmacopoeia; p. Helv., the swiss pharmacopoeia). They differ from formularies in that they are far more complete: formularies tend to be mere listings of formulas and prescriptions. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| homeopathic | 1. Relating to homeopathy. Synonym: homeotherapeutic. 2. Denoting an extremely small dose of a pharmacological agent, such as might be used in homeopathy; more generally, a dose believed to be too small to produce the effect usually expected from that agent. Compare: pharmacologic, physiologic, supraphysiologic. Origin: homeo-+ G. Pathos, disease (05 Mar 2000) |