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pharmaceutical

phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal [ frmə stik'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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