PHARMACOGNOSY


Meaning of PHARMACOGNOSY in English

[phar.ma.cog.no.sy] n [ISV, fr. Gk pharmakon + -gnosia knowledge, fr. gnosis--more at gnosis] (ca. 1885): descriptive pharmacology dealing with crude drugs and simples -- phar.ma.cog.nos.tic or phar.ma.cog.nos.ti.cal adj

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