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pharmaceutical
phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal
[
frmə stik'l
]
adjective
Definition:
relating to drugs:
involved in or related to the manufacture, preparation, dispensing, or sale of drugs used in medicine
noun
(
plural
phar·ma·ceu·ti·cals
)
Definition:
medicinal drug:
a drug used in medicine
(
usually used in the plural
)
[
Mid-17th century. < late Latin
pharmaceuticus
< Greek
pharmakeutēs
"somebody who prepares drugs" <
pharmakon
"drug"
]
phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal·ly
adverb
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