codex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

kōʹdĕks /ˈkəʊdɛks/ /ˈkoʊdɛks/ en-us-codex.ogg

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

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Bulgarian: ко́декс Greek: κώδικας Hebrew: קוֹדֶקְס Japanese: 書誌 Turkish: kodeks Turkish: tedvin Turkish: mahtuta

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