pharmaceutical

Meanings

Plural: pharmaceuticals

Noun

drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.

Adjective

of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
- "the pharmaceutical industry"
of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment

Adj

Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”).

Synonyms

drug, medicament, medication, medicine, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical drug, pharmacic, pharmic

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