pharmacognosy
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pharmacognosy
[fahr″mah-kog´no-se]the branch of pharmacology dealing with natural drugs and their constituents.
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phar·ma·cog·no·sy
(far'mă-kog'nō-sē),A branch of pharmacology concerned with the physical characteristics and botanic and animal sources of crude drugs.
Synonym(s): pharmaceutical biology
[pharmaco- + G. gnōsis, knowledge]
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pharmacognosy
(fär′mə-kŏg′nə-sē)n.
The branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs in their crude or natural state and with medicinal herbs or other plants.
phar′ma·cog′no·sist n.
phar′ma·cog·nos′tic (-kŏg-nŏs′tĭk) adj.
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pharmacognosy
(1) Herbal medicine, see there.(2) The scientific approach to, and formal study of, the effects and uses of medicinal plants.
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pharmacognosy
1. Herbal medicine, see there.
2. The scientific approach to and formal study of the effects and uses of medicinal plants. See Herbal medicine, Pharmacognosist; Cf Traditional herbalism.
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phar·ma·cog·no·sy
(fahr'mă-kog'nŏ-sē)A branch of pharmacology concerned with the physical characteristics and botanic and animal sources of crude drugs.
[pharmaco- + G. gnōsis, knowledge]
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phar·ma·cog·no·sy
(fahr'mă-kog'nŏ-sē)Branch of pharmacology concerned with physical characteristics and sources of crude drugs.
[pharmaco- + G. gnōsis, knowledge]
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