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How to Use: There are three parts to the Dictionary: Name, Pronunciation, and description.

name [pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuh n]

definition of name or description.

The Dictionary contains words that are used in this report.

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Binomial nomenclature [bahy-noh-mee-uh l] [noh-muh n-kley-cher]

the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet.

Comminute [kom-uh-noot]

to reduce to minute particles.

Empirical [em-pir-i-kuh l]

depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory, especially as in medicine.

ETOH Abbreviation - also commonly called alcohol, spirits, ethyl alcohol, and drinking alcohol, is the principal type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, produced by the fermentation of sugars by yeasts.

Folk Medicine [fohk] [med-uh-sin]

traditional medicine as practiced nonprofessionally especially by people isolated from modern medical services and usually involving the use of plant-derived remedies on an empirical basis.

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Latin Binomial See Binomial Nomenclature

Loss [los]

when calculating formulas is referred to as the missing menstruum.

Marc [mahrk]

the residue that remains following the extraction of active principles from a vegetable drug by means of a solvent.

Menstruum [men-stroo-uh m]

a solvent, esp one used in the preparation of medicine.

Plant Part [plahnt] [pahrt]

are the different parts of a plant, which are used for various purposes. It may be any part i.e. aerial or underground including herb plant seeds, plants bark, herbal flowers, herb roots etc. Each plant part possesses individual beneficial property, which is used as required. The aerial part of plant includes stem, leave, flowers, fruits and seeds and that of underground includes roots and rhizomes.

Percentage Loss See Loss

Procedural [pruh-see-jer-uh l]

the process of making medicines.

Pharmaceutics [fahr-muh-soo-tiks]

a pharmaceutical preparation or product.

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Standard of Measurement [stan-derd] [ov] [mezh-er-muh nt]

accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared.

Weight to Volume [weyt] [tuh] [vol-yoom]

Percent of weight of solution in the total volume of solution

Precipitation [pri-sip-i-tey-shuh n]

the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.

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Yield [yeeld]

is the amount of product obtained in a medicinal manufacturing process. The yield can be given as the weight in grams.