English Online Dictionary. What means pharmaceutical? What does pharmaceutical mean?
English
Etymology
From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌfɑɹməˈs(j)utɪkl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/, /ˌfɑː.məˈkjuː.tɪ.kl̩/
Adjective
pharmaceutical (not comparable)
- (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- Synonyms: pharmaceutic, (archaic) pharmacic, (US, slang, archaic) pharmic
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
pharmaceutical (plural pharmaceuticals)
- (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pharmaceutical
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- pharmaceutical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia