FORMULARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does formulary mean? 

• FORMULARY (noun)
  The noun FORMULARY has 1 sense:

1. (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation

  Familiarity information: FORMULARY used as a noun is very rare.

• FORMULARY (adjective)
  The adjective FORMULARY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or of the nature of a formula

  Familiarity information: FORMULARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORMULARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

formulary; pharmacopeia

Context example:

postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after acute infections

Hypernyms ("formulary" is a kind of...):

book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))

Domain category:

materia medica; pharmacological medicine; pharmacology (the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects)

• FORMULARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or of the nature of a formula

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

formula (a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements)

Derivation:

formula (a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements)

 Context examples 

Formulary Kit (PFK)

(Formulary Kit, Food and Drug Administration)

Formulary Economic (PFE)

(Formulary Economic, Food and Drug Administration)