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原文由 影子(hyheying) 发表:
Requirements stated in these General Notices apply to all articles recognized in the USP and NF (the “compendia”) and to all general chapters unless specifically stated otherwise.
It seems that we have discussed the word compendium, and it means 药典. “Compendial” cannot be found in many English-English dictionaries, but it is probably the adjective of compendium.
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compendium (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/compendia )
[kəmpen′dē·əm] pl. compendia
Etymology: L, compendere, to weigh
a collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs. The official compendia in the United States are the United States Pharmacopoeia, the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, and their supplements. See also formulary.
compendium should have wider coverage than
药典. In your quote explanation, USP,...are the "official" compendia in the US, and a compendium needs not be "official" but "a collected body of information...."
Definition of "compendium" from Merriam-Webster:
Definition of COMPENDIUM1
: a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge
: abstract 2
a : a list of a number of items
b : collection,
compilation
See compendium defined for English-language learners »Examples of COMPENDIUM- a one-volume compendium of information
- He published a compendium of folk tales.