British Pharmacopoeia (BP),
British pharmacopoeia (briˑ·tish farˈ·m
·k·pēˑ·),
the official British reference work setting forth standards of strength and purity of medications and containing directions for their preparation to ensure that the same prescription written by different doctors and filled by different pharmacists will contain exactly the same ingredients in the same proportions. The first British Pharmacopoeia was published in 1864 by the General Medical Council; it superseded the London Pharmacopoeia, which had been published since 1618. See also British Medical Association, United States Pharmacopeia .
British pharmacopoeia (briˑ·tish farˈ·m
·k·pēˑ·),n.pr a list compiled by experts in pharmacology and pharmacy and approved by the government of Great Britain that provides specifications of the characteristics, manufacture, use, and dosage of drugs.
British Pharmacopoeia
a publication of the General Medical Council (UK) describing and establishing standards for medicines, preparations, materials and articles used in the practice of medicine, surgery and midwifery.
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