pharmacopoeia

plural pharmacopoeias · plural pharmacopoeiae · alternative pharmacopœia · alternative pharmacopeia

1. medicineA text describing medicines and pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation.

   [K]nowledge of philtres, aphrodisiacs, and other sexual stimulants spread from the Arabs and the Moors, from Egypt and India into the European herbals, pharmacopeias, and apothecaries' lore, and, on a more indeterminate level, among alchemists, wizards, and occultists.

   1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 155

2. medicineA collection of drugs.