pharmacopoeia

• pharmacopœia
• pharmacopeia

From French pharmacopée and post-classical Latin pharmacopoeia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek φαρμακοποιία (pharmakopoiía, “preparation of drugs”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɑːməkəˈpiːə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑɹ.mə.kəˈpi.ə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

pharmacopoeia (plural pharmacopoeias or pharmacopoeiae)

1. (pharmacology) A text describing medicines and pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 155:

     [K]nowledge of philtres, aphrodisiacs, and other sexual stimulants spread from the Arabs and the Moors, from Egypt and India into the European herbals, pharmacopeias, and apothecaries' lore, and, on a more indeterminate level, among alchemists, wizards, and occultists.

2. (pharmacology) A collection of drugs.