What is another word for Dispensatory?

Pronunciation: [dɪspˈɛnsətəɹˌi] (IPA)

Dispensatory is defined as a book or a reference that lists medications or pharmaceuticals and their associated dosages and instructions. Some synonyms for dispensatory include pharmacopoeia, formulary, materia medica, and compendium. A pharmacopoeia typically catalogs medications, often including their chemical composition and pharmacology as well as their recommended uses. A formulary is a list of drugs and pharmaceuticals that are approved for use by a particular group or organization. Materia medica refers to a comprehensive listing of substances used in medicine, while a compendium is a collection of information, often presented in encyclopedia format, about drugs and other health-related topics. Whatever the term used, a dispensatory provides vital information for the safe and effective use of pharmaceuticals.

What are the hypernyms for Dispensatory?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    Remedies, Medicines, Compendium of drugs, Compendium of formulas, Compilation of prescription medications, Pharmaceutical guide, Physician's reference manual, their uses.

Usage examples for Dispensatory

After experimenting with the root, the compilers of the Bengal Dispensatory announced their uncertainty as to whether or not it possessed antipyretic properties; however, they pronounce it diaphoretic, an exciter of the appetite and an excellent bitter tonic.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
What further outfit was furnished a student setting out in practice for himself, may be imagined from the conclusion of an old indenture of apprenticeship, which states, that when Jacobus Hubbard shall have fulfilled his apprenticeship of four years and eight months,-during which he has well and faithfully served his master, his secrets kept, his lawful commands gladly everywhere obeyed,-he shall be provided, when he goes forth as doctor, with a "new set of surgeon's pocket instruments, Solomon's Dispensatory, Quence's Dispensatory, and Fuller on Fevers."
"Stories of New Jersey"
Frank Richard Stockton
A description of his medicaments may be found in 'Pharmacopoeia Bateana; or, Bate's Dispensatory.
"The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6)"
Aphra Behn

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