(from φαρμακευτικόν, remedy, and ἀποκείμενον, to make), means a dispensatory, or a treatise describing the preparations of the several kinds of medicines, with their uses, manner of application, &c.

We have various pharmacopoeias, as those of Bau-deron, Quercetan, Zwelfer, Charas, Bates, Salmon, Lemery, Lewis, &c. But the Edinburgh, London, and Dublin pharmacopoeias, are chiefly consulted and followed in Britain in the present day.