Pharmaceuticals
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Etymology
From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”).[1]
Adjective
pharmaceutical (not comparable)
- (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists. synonyms ▲Synonyms: pharmaceutic, (archaic) pharmacic, (US, slang, archaic) pharmic
Derived terms
- biopharmaceutical
- ethnopharmaceutical
- immunopharmaceutical
- metallopharmaceutical
- nanopharmaceutical
- neuropharmaceutical
- nonpharmaceutical
- parapharmaceutical
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmaceutical grade
- pharmaceutical industry
- pharmaceuticalization
- pharmaceuticalize
- pharmaceutically
- pharmaceutical sciences
- phytopharmaceutical
- polypharmaceutical
- pseudopharmaceutical
- psychopharmaceutical
- radiopharmaceutical
Noun
pharmaceutical (plural pharmaceuticals)
- (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug. synonym ▲Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pharmaceutical