[ˈkəʊdɛks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an ancient manuscript text in book form
(e.g: the great legal compilation known as the Codex Euricianus)

- an official list of medicines, chemicals, etc.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a collection of statutes): from Latin, literally ‘block of wood’, later denoting a block split into leaves or tablets for writing on, hence a book