phytomedicinen.
/ˈfʌɪtəʊmɛd(ᵻ)s(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈfaɪdoʊˌmɛd(ə)sən/ 1. A branch of plant pathology concerned with the identification, treatment, and prevention of plant diseases. rare.Chiefly in translations of German Phytomedizin.
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1968 Nachrichtenblatt des Deutschen Pflanzenschutzdienstes 20 61/1 Each year approximately 35 000 scientific publications are coming out of the line of phytomedicine.
1977 New Phytologist 78 538 This book [sc.Lehrbuch der Phytomedizin] has as its basis the concept of phytomedicine, the plant pathology equivalent of human and veterinary medicine.
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a. The scientific investigation of the medicinal properties of plants or specific plant extracts; the evaluation and use of herbal medicines on pharmacological principles.
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1984 Internat. Jrnl. Crude Drug Res. 22 111 (heading) Phytomedicine of the Madong Province, Papua New Guinea.
1993 Townsend Let. for Doctors & Patients (Nexis) 30 Sept. 876 A pharmacognosist (expert in medical botany; aka phytomedicine).
1999 Herb Q. (Nexis) 30 Sept. 8 What advocates of herbal medicine gain from mainstreaming is legitimacy for what is now often termed ‘phytomedicine’.
b. A herbal preparation tested and used within conventional pharmacology.
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1992 Natura Med. 7 678 (heading) The Scientific Assessment of Phytomedicines.
1993 Planta Medica 59 2 The standardization methods used for the quality control of Ginkgo preparations as well as the question as to whether or not phytomedicine generics—so called ‘phytogenerics’—exist, is discussed.
1995 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 82 (Suppl.) 65 In Germany, standardized herbal or phytomedicines sales account for 10% of the pharmaceutical market.
1999 Daily Tel. 19 Mar. 22/2 Other, less well-known, phytomedicines include palmetto, kava and horse chestnut.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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