codex

Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊdɛks/

The English word “codex” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.

Borrowed from Latin cōdex, variant form of caudex (“tree trunk, book, notebook”); compare caudex (in botany). Doublet of code.

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