Pharmacopoeia vs Dispensatory - What's the difference?
pharmacopoeia | dispensatory |
An official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation.
A collection of drugs.
Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
* Bishop Rainbow
A book containing a systematic description of drugs and of preparations made from them.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between pharmacopoeia and dispensatory
is that pharmacopoeia is an official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation while dispensatory is a book containing a systematic description of drugs and of preparations made from them.As an adjective dispensatory is
granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.pharmacopoeia
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Alternative forms
* * (l)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* pharmacopoeial * pharmacopoeic * pharmacopoeistdispensatory
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Dispensatory power.