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“Pharmacopeia” or “Pharmacopoeia”

Pharmacopeia is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while pharmacopoeia is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “pharmacopeia” and 4 prefer “pharmacopoeia”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country pharmacopeia pharmacopoeia Preference
United States 79 21 “pharmacopeia”
United Kingdom 40 60 “pharmacopoeia”
India 12 88 “pharmacopoeia”
Philippines 46 54 “pharmacopoeia”
Canada 60 40 “pharmacopeia”
Australia 61 39 “pharmacopeia”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 32 68 “pharmacopoeia”
New Zealand 57 43 “pharmacopeia”
Jamaica 0 0 Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 Not enough data
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

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“pharmacopeia”

  • …service to the U. S. Pharmacopeia, and was named for Beal…
  • …concoction was removed from the Pharmacopeia at some point prior to…
  • …follows (from the United States Pharmacopeia):
  • Li Shizhen's 1578 Bencao Gangmu pharmacopeia describes a shenlong Divine Dragon…
  • United States Pharmacopeia
  • …for his television series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, in which he investigates the…
  • The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) name gives the base…
  • …joint editor of the British Pharmacopeia of 1885.
  • Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, Viceland
  • …trustees of the U. S. Pharmacopeia from 1910-1940.

“pharmacopoeia”

  • In 2000, the European Pharmacopoeia introduced pesticide residue limits into…
  • …are listed in the Russian Pharmacopoeia (The State Pharmacopoeia of the…
  • Anglo-Saxon times: The earliest pharmacopoeia in English (Cotton Vitellius, MS…
  • …also introduced into the US Pharmacopoeia XXII in 1992 was entitled…
  • The Baopuzi "Genie's Pharmacopoeia" chapter tells Daoist adepts how…
  • The European Pharmacopoeia defines it as being simply…
  • Valerius Cordus' pharmacopoeia Dispensatorium published posthumously in Nuremberg.
  • Thomae Fulleri Pharmacopoeia extemporanea oder die sichere, vollständige…
  • …established by the United States Pharmacopoeia will pass the first discrimination
  • …the preparation of a National Pharmacopoeia.

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