26 THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 



WORDS OF INTEREST TO PHARMACISTS. 



The following list of words and meanings has been compiled from 

 the Oxford English Dictionary, the latest section of which (Ph- 

 Piper) includes many words of interest to pharmacists. , Several of 

 the words given are now obsolete or rarely used, while others are 

 not now used in the sense in which they were employed originally. 

 The uses of all the words are copiously illustrated by Dr. Murray, 

 the learned editor of the great dictionary, to which readers of the 

 P. J. are referred for examples. 



Pharmacal. — Of the nature of, or dealing with, drugs; pharma- 

 ceutical. 



Pharmaceutic. — Pertaining or relating to pharmacy; pharmaceu- 

 tical ; the science of pharmacy; that branch of medical science which 

 relates to the use of medicinal drugs. 



Pharmaccutics=:Pharmaceutic. 



Pharmaceutical. — Pertaining to or engaged in pharmacy; relating 

 to the preparation, use, or sale of medicinal drugs; a pharmaceutical 

 preparation ; a medicinal drug. 



Pharmaceutically. — In relation to, or from the point of view of, 

 pharmacy. 



Pharmaceutist. — A pharmaceutic practitioner; a pharmacist, drug- 

 gist. 



Pharmacian=: Pharmacist. 



Pharmacist. — A person skilled or engaged in pharmacy ; one who 

 prepares , or dispenses medicines; a druggist or pharmaceutical 

 chemist. 



Pharmacize. — To treat with drugs, to "physic." 



Pharmack. — A drug, a medicine. 



Pharmacodynamic. — Relating to the powers or effects of drugs. 



Pharmacodynamics. — The science or subject of the powers or 



effects of drugs. 



Pharmacognosia= Pharmacognosy. 



Pharmacognosis=: Pharmacognosy. 



Pharmacognosy. — The knowledge of drugs, pharmacology; es- 

 pecially as a branch of natural history relating to medicinal sub- 

 stances in their natural or unprepared state. 



Pharmacognostical.— Pertaining to pharmacognosy. 



