pharmaceutical

[fahr-muh-soo-ti-kuhl] Example Sentences Origin

phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal

[fahr-muh-soo-ti-kuhl]
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 cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
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.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
Also, phar·ma·ceu·tic.


Origin:
1640–50; pharmaceutic(s) + -al1

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.
  • As blockbuster drugs go off patent, the pharmaceutical industry is scrambling for fresh revenue sources.
  • Once the drugs are on the list, pharmaceutical companies encourage the doctors to prescribe them.
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World English Dictionary
pharmaceutical or pharmaceutic (ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪkəl)
 
adj
of or relating to drugs or pharmacy
 
[C17: from Late Latin pharmaceuticus, from Greek pharmakeus purveyor of drugs; see pharmacy]
 
pharmaceutic or pharmaceutic
 
adj
 
[C17: from Late Latin pharmaceuticus, from Greek pharmakeus purveyor of drugs; see pharmacy]
 
pharma'ceutically or pharmaceutic
 
adv

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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.)

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