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adjective
1.
pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
noun
2.
a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
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Pharmaceutical
has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
Also, phar·ma·ceu·tic.
Related forms
phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non·phar·ma·ceu·tic, adjective
non·phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal, adjective
non·phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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Example Sentences
- Pharmaceutical companies research hundreds of molecular groups before coming up with a marketable drug.
- In their fight against generics, big pharmaceutical companies are covering part of patients' co-payment for their drugs.
- Regulatory approval is always a crapshoot, but pharmaceutical reruns have better odds than new compounds.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
pharmaceutical
1640s (pharmaceutic in the same sense is from 1540s), from L. pharmaceuticus "of drugs," from Gk. pharmakeutikos, from pharmakeus "preparer of drugs, poisoner," from pharmakon "medicine, poison."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
pharmaceutical phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal (fär'mə-s&oomacr;'tĭ-kəl) or phar·ma·ceu·tic (-tĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists. n.
A pharmaceutical product or preparation.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
pharmaceutical
substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease and for restoring, correcting, or modifying organic functions. (See also pharmaceutical industry.)
Learn more about pharmaceutical with a free trial on Britannica.com.
Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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