aco-, aceo- +

(Greek: remedy, cure)

acognosia
Knowledge of or the study of remedies or cures.
acognosy
A knowledge of or study of remedies or cures.
acology
1. The science of remedies; therapeutics.
2. The science and art of healing.
3. Materia medica; the science of remedies.
  1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.
  2. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases.

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