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pharmaceutical
[fahr″mah-soo´tĭ-k'l]1. pertaining to pharmacy or drugs.
2. a medicinal drug.
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phar·ma·ceu·tic
, pharmaceutical (far'mă-sū'tik, sū'ti-kăl),Relating to pharmacy or to pharmaceutics.
Synonym(s): pharmacal
[G. pharmakeutikos, relating to drugs]
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pharmaceutical
(fär′mə-so͞o′tĭ-kəl) alsopharmaceutic
(-tĭk)adj.
Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
n.
A pharmaceutical product or preparation.
phar′ma·ceu′ti·cal·ly adv.
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phar·ma·ceu·tic
, pharmaceutical (fahrmă-sūtik, -ăl)Relating to pharmacy or to pharmaceutics.
[G. pharmakeutikos, relating to drugs]
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pharmaceutical
1. Any DRUG intended for medicinal use.
2. Pertaining to medicinal drugs or to the preparation and use of drugs (pharmaceutics).
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Pharmaceutical
Pertaining to drugs.
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phar·ma·ceu·tic
, pharmaceutical (fahrmă-sūtik, -ăl)Relating to pharmacy or pharmaceutics.
[G. pharmakeutikos, relating to drugs]
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