| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun formulary.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (formulary) | 1. (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation.[Wordnet]. 2. A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaae, etc.; a book of precedents.[Websters]. 3. Prescribed form or model; formula.[Websters]. | |
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Date "FORMULARIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1745. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FORMULARIES
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Health | Lists of drugs or collections of recipes, formulas, and prescriptions for the compounding of medicinal preparations. Formularies differ from pharmacopoeias in that they are less complete, lacking full descriptions of the drugs, their formulations, analytic composition, chemical properties, etc. In hospitals, formularies list all drugs commonly stocked in the hospital pharmacy. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: formulary
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| British National Formulary for Children | The British National Formulary for Children (BNF-C) is the standard UK paediatric reference for prescribing and pharmacology, among others indications, side effects and costs of the prescription of all medication drugs available on the National Health Service. (references) | ||
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