• (n.) See Pharmacognosis.
Phar`ma·com'a·thy noun [ Greek 
pharmacomathy, pharmacognosis 1. A branch of pharmacology that specializes in drugs obtained from plant and other natural sources, and their properties, preparation, and uses. 2. The study of the distribution of, methods for finding, and properties of medically useful agents in natural sources; especially, plants. 3. That branch of pharmacology w...