You searched for: “pharmacomathy
pharmacomathy, pharmacognosis
1. A branch of pharmacology that specializes in drugs obtained from plant and other natural sources, and their properties, preparation, and uses.
2. The study of the distribution of, methods for finding, and properties of medically useful agents in natural sources; especially, plants.
3. That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples (medicinal plants or the medicines obtained from them).
4. Medicinal substances in their natural or unprepared state.
This entry is located in the following units: math-, -math + (page 2) pharmaco-, pharmac-, -pharmic (page 3)