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n. (Med.) An antidote against poison; a counterpoison. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adj. acting upon or influencing nervous functions; -- of chemical substances.
Syn. -- neurergic. [ PJC ]

n. [ NL. See Pan-, and Pharmacon. ] A medicine for all diseases; a panacea. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. pharmaceuticus, Gr. farmakeytiko`s, fr. farmakey`ein: cf. F. pharmaceutique. See Pharmacy. ] Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations. -- Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances. [1913 Webster]

n. The science of preparing medicines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmacist; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist; an apothecary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon medicine + E. dynamics. ] That branch of pharmacology which treats of the action and the effects of medicines in the body, and also their distribution in various bodily tissues over time, and their breakdown and excretion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon a drug + gnw^sis a knowing. ] That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- usually called pharmacognosy, and also pharmacography, and pharmacomathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Pharmacognosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The study of the distribution of, methods for finding, and properties of medically useful agents in natural sources, especially plants. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon a drug + -graphy. ] See Pharmacognosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon drug, poisonous drug + -lite: cf. F. pharmacolithe. ] (Min.) A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pharmacologiste. ] One skilled in pharmacology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon drug + -logy: cf. F. pharmacologie. ] 1. The science dealing with knowledge of the preparation, use, and effects of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A treatise on the art of preparing medicines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon a drug + manqa`nein to learn. ] See Pharmacognosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. fa`rmakon. ] A medicine or drug; also, a poison. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. farmakopoii:`a the preparation of medicines; fa`rmakon medicine + poiei^n to make. ] 1. A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chemical laboratory. [ Obs. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pharmacopola, Gr. farmakopw`lhs; fa`rmakon medicine + pwlei^n to sell. ] One who sells medicines; an apothecary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon drug, poison + E. siderite. ] (Min.) A hydrous arsenate of iron occurring in green or yellowish green cubic crystals; cube ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. fermacie, OF. farmacie, pharmacie, F. pharmacie, Gr. farmakei`a, fr. farmakey`ein to administer or use medicines, fr. fa`rmakon medicine. ] 1. The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Poly- + Gr. &unr_; the using of medicine, fr. &unr_; medicine: cf. F. polypharmacie. ] (Med.) (a) The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines. (b) A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]