Pharmaceutical Definition

färmə-so͝otĭ-kəl
pharmaceuticals
adjective
Of pharmacy or pharmacists.
Webster's New World
Of or by drugs.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
A pharmaceutical product; drug.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pharmaceutical

Noun

Singular:
pharmaceutical
Plural:
pharmaceuticals

Origin of Pharmaceutical

  • From Late Latin pharmaceuticus from Greek pharmakeutikos from pharmakeutēs preparer of drugs variant of pharmakeus from pharmakon drug

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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