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ethnopharmacy

ethnopharmacy noun: an interdisciplinary science that investigates the perception and use of pharmaceuticals (especially traditional medicines) in human society.

Noun

ethnopharmacy (uncountable)

  1. An interdisciplinary science that investigates the perception and use of pharmaceuticals (especially traditional medicines) in human society.

Origin of ethnopharmacy

From ethno- + pharmacy.

Questions about ethnopharmacy

What does ethnopharmacy mean?
Ethnopharmacy means an interdisciplinary science that investigates the perception and use of pharmaceuticals (especially traditional medicines) in human society.
What part of speech is ethnopharmacy?
Ethnopharmacy is a noun.

Words near ethnopharmacy in the dictionary

  1. ethnopharmacological
  2. ethnopharmacologically
  3. ethnopharmacologist
  4. ethnopharmacologists
  5. ethnopharmacology
  6. ethnopharmacy
  7. ethnophaulic
  8. ethnophaulism
  9. ethnophaulisms
  10. ethnophile
  11. ethnophiles

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