— pharmacopoeial, pharmacopoeic , adj. — pharmacopoeist , n.
/fahr'meuh keuh pee"euh/ , n. Pharm.
1. a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
2. a stock of drugs.
Also, pharmacopeia .
[ 1615-25; pharmakopoiía drug-maker's art, equiv. to phármako ( n ) drug + -poi ( os ) making ( poi ( eîn ) to make + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -IA ]