Meaning of PHARMACEUTICAL
| Pronunciation: | | `fârmu'sootikul
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | pharmaceutic |
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| | See Also: | | clot buster, medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine, radiopharmaceutical, thrombolytic, thrombolytic agent | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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