pharmaco-

pharmaco-

a combining form meaning “drug,” used in the formation of compound words: pharmacology.
Origin:
combining form representing Greek phármakon drug

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pharmaco-
 
—combining form
indicating drugs: pharmacology; pharmacopoeia
 
[from Greek pharmakon drug, potion]

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pharmaco- pref.
Drug; medicine: pharmacology.

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