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  1. 1. a. Used in a shop, or belonging to it. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral. Source: opted
  3. 3. 1. Used in a shop, or belonging to it. [Obs. or R.] Johnson. 2. (Pharm.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral. Note: This term is often interchanged with official, but in strict use officinal drugs are not necessarily official. See Official, a., 3. Source: webster
  4. 4. Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs andmedicines as may be obtained without special preparation orcompounding; not magistral. Source: adambom
  5. 5. a. Used in a shop, or belonging to it. a. Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral. Source: ecdict

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