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Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical Meaning & Definition
Pharmaceutical Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pharmaceutical?

[n] drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
[adj] of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; "the pharmaceutical industry"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pharmaceutical: pharmaceutic

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pharmaceutical:

See Also | clot buster | medicament | medication | medicinal drug | medicine | radiopharmaceutical | thrombolytic | thrombolytic agent

Pharmaceutical In Webster's Dictionary

\Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al\ (-t[i^]*kal), a. [L. pharmaceuticus, Gr. farmakeytiko`s, fr. farmakey`ein: cf. F. pharmaceutique. See {Pharmacy}.] Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations. -- {Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly}, adv. {Pharmaceutical chemistry}, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.

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