Associations to the word «Formulary»

Wiktionary

FORMULARY, noun. A pharmacopoeia or list of available drugs, particularly prescription drugs
FORMULARY, noun. (healthcare) A list of drugs, created by health insurers, hospitals, or prescription drug plans, that defines how costs for any drug are shared between patient and health care provider, typically broken down by tiers such as preferred generics with lowest copay, or preferred brand with higher copay, or non-preferred brand and not covered tiers with the highest cost to the patient.
FORMULARY, noun. An ancient or medieval collection of models for official writings.
FORMULARY, noun. A collection of formulas in sciences and mathematics.
FORMULARY, adjective. Stated; prescribed; ritual.

Dictionary definition

FORMULARY, noun. (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation; "postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after acute infections".
FORMULARY, adjective. Of or relating to or of the nature of a formula.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope