Officinal
[ɒ'fisinl]
Definition
(a.) Used in a shop, or belonging to it.
(a.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.
Editor: Yvonne
Definition
adj. belonging to or used in a shop: denoting an approved medicine kept prepared by apothecaries.
Inputed by Jackson
Examples
- Libra, a pound, understood in prescription to apply to an officinal pound of 5,760 grains. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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