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Webster 1913 Edition

Pharmacognosis

Pharˊma-cog-no′sis

,

Noun.

[Gr.

φάρμακον

a drug +

γνῶσισ

a knowing.]

That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; – usually called

pharmacognosy

, and also

pharmacography

, and

pharmacomathy

.