drachms
Old pharmacy weights
Drachms is the plural of drachm, a unit of weight equal to one-eighth of an ounce in the apothecaries' system.
The spelling is British; Americans write dram.
Drachms appears mainly in old pharmaceutical and medical texts: Take two drachms of laudanum.
The Greek drachma, a unit of currency, is a related word.
Historical medicine preparer
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- tinctureHerb steeped in alcohol
elixir · medicinal · compounding · dispensary · mortar · pestle · chemist · formulation
Greece's capital city
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- coinageInvented term or currency
- AthenianAncient Greek city-dweller
- AlexanderMasculine Greek-origin name
silver · mina · talent · numismatic · Hellenistic · owl · Athena · antiquity
One-sixteenth of a pound
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- scrupleMoral doubt or hesitation
- minimSmallest apothecary volume
avoirdupois · troy · pennyweight · stone · hundredweight · pint · gill · quart
apothecary
Historical medicine preparer
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
tincture · elixir · medicinal · compounding · dispensary · mortar · pestle · chemist · formulation · remedy
Athens
Greece's capital city
Alexander · silver · mina · talent · numismatic · Hellenistic · owl · Athena · antiquity · Agora
ounce
One-sixteenth of a pound
minim · avoirdupois · troy · pennyweight · stone · hundredweight · pint · gill · quart · bushel
bullion
Precious metal in bulk
argentum · ingot · alloy · electrum · precious · metallic · assay · fineness · hallmark · specie
drachmstons
Large quantities, informally
tonnes · hundredweights · kilotons · megatons · stones
drachmsgrams
Metric mass units
milligrams · kilograms · micrograms · SI units · metric units