English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon).

Noun edit

pharmacon (plural pharmacons)

  1. A medicine or drug.
  2. (obsolete) A poison.[1]

References edit

  1. ^
    1839, Robley Dunglison, “PHARMACON”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, [], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC: