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A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds.

Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations. -- Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly, adv. Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal su…

The science of preparing medicines.

One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary.

One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist.

That branch of pharmacology which treats of the action and the effects of medicines.

That branch of pharmacology which considers the mode of action, and the effects, of medicines. Dunglison.

That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- called also pharmacography, and pharmacomathy.

Pharmacognosis.

See Pharmacognosis.

A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color.

One skilled in pharmacology.

Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.

See Pharmacognosis.

A medicine or drug; also, a poison. Dunglison.

A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard.

One who sells medicines; an apothecary.

A hydrous arsenate of iron occurring in green or yellowish green cubic crystals; cube ore.

icines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist.

The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines.