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phytodrug

phytodrug noun: any drug of plant origin.

Noun

phytodrug (plural phytodrugs)

  1. Any drug of plant origin.
    • The ancients could not have employed the phytodrugs as effectively as we do because they could not control the dosages, concentrations, and other variables notoriously difficult to command.1996, David Holland, Prospecting for Drugs in Ancient and Medieval European Texts

Synonyms of phytodrug

Forms of phytodrug

pluralphytodrugs

Origin of phytodrug

From phyto- + drug.

Questions about phytodrug

What does phytodrug mean?
Phytodrug means any drug of plant origin.
What part of speech is phytodrug?
Phytodrug is a noun.
What is the plural of phytodrug?
The plural of phytodrug is phytodrugs.

Words near phytodrug in the dictionary

  1. phytodetritus
  2. phytodiagnostic
  3. phytodiagnostics
  4. phytodiverse
  5. phytodiversity
  6. phytodrug
  7. phytodrugs
  8. phytodynamic
  9. phytodynamics
  10. phytoecdysone
  11. phytoecdysones

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