pharmacognosy
/ˌfɑː.məˈkɒɡ.nə.sɪ/
pharmacognosy noun: a branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition.
Noun
pharmacognosy (countable and uncountable, plural pharmacognosies)
- A branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition.
pharmacognosy meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese
pharmacognosy in Tamil
- மருந்து மூல இயல், மருத்துவத் தாவரவியல், தாவர மருத்தியல், தாவர மருந்தியல்
pharmacognosy in Vietnamese
- branch of pharmacology
- dược liệu học
Forms of pharmacognosy
| plural | pharmacognosies |
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Origin of pharmacognosy
From pharmaco- + -gnosy.
Words formed from pharmacognosy
Questions about pharmacognosy
- What does pharmacognosy mean?
- Pharmacognosy means a branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition.
- What is pharmacognosy in Tamil?
- Pharmacognosy in Tamil is மருந்து மூல இயல், மருத்துவத் தாவரவியல், தாவர மருத்தியல். See Pharmacognosy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pharmacognosy?
- Pharmacognosy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pharmacognosy?
- Pharmacognosy is pronounced /ˌfɑː.məˈkɒɡ.nə.sɪ/.
- What is the plural of pharmacognosy?
- The plural of pharmacognosy is pharmacognosies.
Words near pharmacognosy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pharmacognosy (page history and authors); pharmacognosy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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