pharmacopoeia
noun [ C ] medical specialized (US pharmacopeia) uk/ˌfɑː.mə.kəˈpiː.ə/ us/ˌfɑrː.məˈkoʊ.piː.ə/
药典
a list of drugs, together with information on their effects and instructions on how they should be used
In most countries there is an official pharmacopoeia, and any dispensed drug must comply with its standards. 大部分国家都有一部正式药典，任何配发的药物都必须符合药典列出的标准。
They did not easily fit into the existing pharmacopoeias as regular drugs. 它们不像传统的药物，不太容易列入药典中。
药材资源
a supply or collection of drugs
Nature offers a vast pharmacopoeia of remedies that medical science has at last begun to explore. 大自然拥有庞大的药材资源，现在医学科学终于开始探索使用了。
Over the years, he worked his way through a pharmacopoeia of recreational drugs. 多年来他把所有的消遣性毒品都摸索了个遍。
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- In 1546 the first pharmacopoeia appeared in Nürnberg, Germany.
- Individual ingredients are listed in the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States.
- Every culture has developed its own herbal pharmacopoeia.
- As he got older, he had restricted his personal pharmacopoeia to morphine and sodium bicarbonate.