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[Gr.] A medicine, a drug. phar-ma-co-pe-i-a, phar-ma-co-pe-i-a, s. [Gr. pharmakopoiia, from pharmakon =a drug, and poieō-to make; Fr. pharma copée.] Chemistry: 1. An official publication containing a list of the articles of the Materia Medica, with their char acters, tests for determining their purity, and doses to be administered. 2. A chemical laboratory. phar-ma-cop-o-list, s . (Gr. pharmakopōlēs =a druggist, from pharmakon = a drug, and põleō = to sell.] One who sells medicines or drugs; an apothe cary. phar-ma-co-gi-dër-ite, s. [Prefix pharmaco-; and Eng. siderite; Ger. pharma kos i der it.] Min.: A mineral occurring principally in cubes a ociated with copper ores, in various mines in Cornwall, England, rarely in other localities. Cleav age cubic. According to Bertrand it is pseudo isometric. Hardne , 2.5; specific gravity. 2.9-3; luster, somewhat adamantine; color, green, of varying shades, rarely yellow or brown; streak, varying with color; sub-transparent. Composition: Arsenic acid, 39-8; phosphoric acid, 25; sesquioxide of iron, 406; water, 17'1=100; corresponding with the for mula, 3Fe2O3AsO5+Fe2O3, ЗНО+12НО. phar-ma-çỹ, *fer-ma-cy, 8. [O. Fr. farmacie (Fr. pharmacie ), from Lat. pharma cia , from Gr. pharmakeia , from pharmakon =a drug.] 1. The art or practice of preparing, compounding, and preserving medicines, and of dispensing them according to the prescriptions of medical practitioners; the occupation of an apothecary or phar maceutical chemist. 2. A drug store. *3. The preparing and administering of med i cines; the art of medicine. *4. A dispensary. *phär'-ō (1), 8. [FARO.] *phär'-ō (2), 8. [PHAROS.] *pharoh, s . [Etym. doubtful.) A shout in use among the Irish soldiery. phär-ol-ô-gỹ, s. [Greek pharos a lighthouse; suff.- ology.] The art or science of lighting lighthouses. makros=large.]