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repository


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adj

Definition of REPOSITORY

of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period <repository penicillin>

First Known Use of REPOSITORY

1950

Other Pharmacology Terms

anodyne, cathartic, emetic, emollient, liniment, paregoric, poultice, purgative, soporific, spectrum

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