pharmacognosy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármakon, “medicine”) + Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).[1]

Noun

pharmacognosy (countable and uncountable, plural pharmacognosies)

  1. A branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition.

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References
  1. Satyajit D. Sarker (2012 April) “Pharmacognosy in modern pharmacy curricula”, in Pharmacogn Mag.‎
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