Etymology

pharmacon

P3H4A1R1M3A1C3O1N1

Today it means: A medicine or drug. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φάρμακον
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromφάρμακον
  2. English todaypharmacon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekφάρμακον all →

pharmaco-pharmacognosispharmacolite

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