pharmaceutical
English
Etymology
From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌfɑɹməˈs(j)utɪkl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/, /ˌfɑː.məˈkjuː.tɪ.kl̩/
Audio (Midwestern US): (file)
Adjective
pharmaceutical (not comparable)
- (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- Synonyms: pharmaceutic, (archaic) pharmacic, (US, slang, archaic) pharmic
- pharmaceutical industry
- pharmaceutical company
- pharmaceutical research
- The company specializes in pharmaceutical research.
- She works for a major pharmaceutical firm.
- Pharmaceutical products must be tested for safety.
Derived terms
- behaviorceutical
- biopharmaceutical
- chemicopharmaceutical
- cosmeceutical
- ethnopharmaceutical
- farmaceutical
- immunopharmaceutical
- medicopharmaceutical
- metallopharmaceutical
- nanopharmaceutical
- neuropharmaceutical
- nonpharmaceutical
- nutraceutical
- nutriceutical
- parapharmaceutical
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmaceutical grade
- pharmaceuticalization
- pharmaceuticalize
- pharmaceutically
- pharmaceutical sciences
- Pharmageddon
- phytopharmaceutical
- polypharmaceutical
- pseudopharmaceutical
- psychopharmaceutical
- radiopharmaceutical
- sexuopharmaceutical
Translations
of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
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Noun
pharmaceutical (plural pharmaceuticals)
- (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pharmaceutical
Derived terms
References
- ^ “pharmaceutical, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
- pharmaceutical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia