pharmaceutic

Variant of pharmaceutical

pharmaceutical definition

phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal (fär′mə so̵̅o̅t′i kəl, -syo̵̅o̅t′-)

adjective

  1. of pharmacy or pharmacists
  2. of or by drugs
Also pharmaceutic phar′·ma·ceu′·tic

Etymology: LL pharmaceuticus < Gr pharmakeutikos < pharmakeuein, to practice witchcraft, use medicine < pharmakon, a poison, medicine

noun

a pharmaceutical product; drug

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