a brief treatment or account of a subject, esp. an extensive subject; concise treatise

a compendium of medicine.

a summary, epitome, or abridgment.

a full list or inventory

a compendium of their complaints.

noun

abstract , aperu , brief , conspectus , digest , epitome , essence , guide , handbook , manual , overview , pandect , prcis , sketch , summary , survey , syllabus , sylloge , abbreviation , abridgement , abridgment , compilation , condensation , distillation , lexicon , list , outline , synopsis