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lottery (iou) and Codex medicamentarius (medicine)


lottery (iou)



Lottery noun. M16.
[Prob. from Dutch loterij, from lot LOT noun + -erij -ERY. Cf. French loterie, Italian lotteria.]
A means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random. M16.
transf. & fig. An enterprise or process whose Success is governed by chance. L16.
Decision by casting or drawing of lots. Also, chance, issue of events as determined by chance. L16-L17.
A thing which comes to a person by lot or fortune. Only in E17.
A card-game in which prizes are obtained by the holders of certain cards. M19.
Comb.: Lottery-wheel a revolving mechanism used to shuffle the tickets in a Lottery before the winning tickets are drawn.

Codex medicamentarius (medicine)


Codex medicamentarius


The official title of the French Pharmacopeia.

Origin: L. A book pertaining to drugs