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dispensatory |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dispensatory \Dis*pen"sa*to*ry\, a. [L. dispensatorius relating to management. See {Dispense}, v. t.] Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. ``Dispensatory power.'' --Bp. Rainbow. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dispensatory \Dis*pen"sa*to*ry\, n.; pl {Dispensatories}. A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them It is usually, but not always distinguished from a pharmacop[oe]ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.
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