A book in which are described the composition, method of preparation, and use of medicinal substances; a pharmacopœia.

An authoritative or official treatise containing listings of approved drugs with their formulations, standards of purity and strength, and uses…

(a) a book containing medical or cooking receipts (also figurative) (cf. recipe book n. at recipe, n. compounds); (b) a book containing receipts…

A book containing formulæ and directions for the making up of medicines; a pharmacopœia; = dispensatory, n. 1. Obsolete or archaic.

Pharmacology. A pharmacopoeia.

An authoritative or official list of approved drugs with their uses and formulations; a pharmacopoeia. Cf. codex, n. 3. rare. Now historical.

British Pharmacopœia: the title of a list of medicines and other preparations published under the direction of the General Medical Council.

United States Pharmacopœia.