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Pharmaceutical

{

Pharˊma-ceu′tic

(färˊmȧ-sū′tĭk)
,

Pharˊma-ceu′tic-al

(-tĭ-kal)
, }
Adj.
[L.
pharmaceuticus
, Gr.
φαρμακευτικός
, fr.
φαρμακεύειν
: cf. F.
pharmaceutique
. See
Pharmacy
.]
Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy;
as,
pharmaceutical
preparations
.
–
Pharˊma-ceu′tic-al-ly
,
adv.
Pharmaceutical chemistry
,
that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.

Definition 2024

pharmaceutical

pharmaceutical

English

Adjective

pharmaceutical ‎(not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

Translations

Derived terms

  • pharmaceutical chemistry
  • pharmaceutical industry
  • pharmaceutical sciences

Noun

pharmaceutical ‎(plural pharmaceuticals)

  1. (medicine) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
Synonyms
  • See also Wikisaurus:pharmaceutical

Derived terms

Etymology

From pharmaceutic +‎ -al, from Latin pharmaceuticus ‎(“of drugs”), from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός ‎(pharmakeutikós, “drug maker”).

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