Pharmacognosy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pharmacognosy \Phar`ma*cog"no*sy\, n.
     1. Pharmacognosis.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The study of the distribution of, methods for finding, and
        properties of medically useful agents in natural sources,


        especially plants.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pharmacognosis \Phar`ma*cog*no"sis\, n. [Gr. fa`rmakon a drug +
     gnw^sis a knowing.]
     That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared
     medicines or simples; -- usually called {pharmacognosy}, and
     also {pharmacography}, and {pharmacomathy}.
     [1913 Webster]