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phar⋅ma⋅ceu⋅ti⋅cal

  [fahr-muh-soo-ti-kuhl]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
–noun
2. a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
Also, phar⋅ma⋅ceu⋅tic.

Origin:
1640–50; pharmaceutic(s) + -al 1

Related forms:
phar⋅ma⋅ceu⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal   (fär'mə-sōō'tĭ-kəl)   
adj.  Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
n.  A pharmaceutical product or preparation.

[From Late Latin pharmaceuticus, from Greek pharmakeutikos, from pharmakeutēs, preparer of drugs, variant of pharmakeus, from pharmakon, drug.]
phar'ma·ceu'ti·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

pharmaceutical 
1648 (pharmaceutic in the same sense is from 1541), from L. pharmaceuticus "of drugs," from Gk. pharmakeutikos, from pharmakeus "preparer of drugs, poisoner," from pharmakon "medicine, poison." Pharmacology is attested from 1721, formed in Mod.L. (1683) with Gk. -logia "dealing with the topic of."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal
Pronunciation: "fär-m&-'süt-i-k&l
Variant: also phar·ma·ceu·tic /-'süt-ik/
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or engaged in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale ofpharmaceuticals pharmaceutical company> —phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb

Main Entry: 2pharmaceutical
Variant: also pharmaceutic
Function: noun
: a medicinal drug
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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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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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