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pharmaceutical

[ fahr-muh-soo-ti-kuhl ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.


noun

  1. a pharmaceutical preparation or product.

pharmaceutical

/ ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪkəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to drugs or pharmacy


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Derived Forms

  • ˌpharmaˈceutically, adverb

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Other Words From

  • 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of pharmaceutical1

First recorded in 1640–50; pharmaceutic(s) + -al 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pharmaceutical1

C17: from Late Latin pharmaceuticus, from Greek pharmakeus purveyor of drugs; see pharmacy

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Example Sentences

Just in the last month, the pharmaceutical company says they’ve doubled their output.

Cooperative manufacturing isn’t unheard of in the pharmaceutical world, but it’s not common.

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Researchers and pharmaceutical companies are already working on ways to thwart these new variants, but the two main mRNA vaccines seem to still work.

So it’s really a remarkable incentive for the pharmaceutical industry to get on board.

In short, the pharmaceutical companies are testing new variants against their vaccines and spinning up new trials.

The 289-page satire follows Morris Feldstein, a pharmaceutical salesman who gets seduced by a lonely receptionist.

Whitaker shows how some pharmaceutical companies have cooked the books to make the drugs seem more effective than they are.

PG has been used in more than 4,000 food, beverage, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products for more than 50 years.

The patients and their estates agree not to bring legal action against caregivers, pharmaceutical companies, and insurers.

Is it art, could it harm her, and does it successfully target—as she intends—the pharmaceutical industry?

The Druggists Circular is to be congratulated on exposing this latest pharmaceutical freak.

In the pharmaceutical department of the exhibit a widely—​and fraudulently—​advertised patent medicine received a silver medal!

Exploiters of fraudulent and dangerous pharmaceutical products have no love for The Journal.

For instance the three departments of medicine are the rhetorical, the dietetic, and the surgical and pharmaceutical.

Not that the course pursued by Parke, Davis & Co. is by any means an exceptional one in the pharmaceutical world.

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