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pharmacognosis

pharmacognosis noun: pharmacognosy.

Noun

pharmacognosis (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) pharmacognosy
    Synonyms:
    pharmacography, pharmacomathy

Synonyms of pharmacognosis

Origin of pharmacognosis

From Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug”) and γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Questions about pharmacognosis

What does pharmacognosis mean?
Pharmacognosis means pharmacognosy.
What part of speech is pharmacognosis?
Pharmacognosis is a noun.

Words near pharmacognosis in the dictionary

  1. pharmacogenotypes
  2. pharmacogenotyping
  3. pharmacognocist
  4. pharmacognosia
  5. pharmacognosies
  6. pharmacognosis
  7. pharmacognosist
  8. pharmacognosists
  9. pharmacognostic
  10. pharmacognostical
  11. pharmacognostically

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