pharmaceutical

English

Etymology

From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) +‎ -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/, /ˌfɑː.məˈkjuː.tɪ.kl̩/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑɹ.məˈs(j)u.tɪ.kl̩/, [ˌfɑɹ.məˈs(j)u.ɾɪ.kl̩]

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌfɐː.məˈs(j)ʉː.tɪ.kl̩/, [ˌfɐː.məˈs(j)ʉː.ɾɪ.kl̩]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌfɐː.məˈs(j)ʉː.tə.kl̩/, [ˌfɐː.məˈs(j)ʉː.ɾə.kl̩]

Adjective

pharmaceutical (not comparable)

1. (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

   Synonyms: pharmaceutic, (archaic) pharmacic, (US, slang, archaic) pharmic

   pharmaceutical industry

   pharmaceutical company

   pharmaceutical research

   The company specializes in pharmaceutical research.

   She works for a major pharmaceutical firm.

   Pharmaceutical products must be tested for safety.

Derived terms

• behaviorceutical
• biopharmaceutical
• chemicopharmaceutical
• cosmeceutical
• ethnopharmaceutical
• farmaceutical
• immunopharmaceutical
• medicopharmaceutical
• metallopharmaceutical
• nanopharmaceutical
• neuropharmaceutical
• nonpharmaceutical
• nutraceutical
• nutriceutical
• parapharmaceutical
• pharmaceutical chemistry
• pharmaceutical grade
• pharmaceuticalization
• pharmaceuticalize
• pharmaceutically
• pharmaceutical sciences
• Pharmageddon
• pharmahuasca
• phytopharmaceutical
• polypharmaceutical
• pseudopharmaceutical
• psychopharmaceutical
• radiopharmaceutical
• sexuopharmaceutical

Translations

of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists

• Afrikaans: farmaseuties
• Armenian: դեղագործական (hy) (deġagorcakan)
• Asturian: farmacéuticu
• Belarusian: фармацэўты́чны (farmacewtýčny)
• Bulgarian: фармацевти́чен (farmacevtíčen)
• Catalan: farmacèutic (ca)
• Czech: farmaceutický (cs)
• Danish: farmaceutisk
• Dutch: farmaceutisch (nl)
• Finnish: lääke-, farmaseuttinen
• French: pharmaceutique (fr)
• Galician: farmacéutico (gl) m
• Georgian: ფარმაცევტული (parmacevṭuli)
• German: pharmazeutisch (de), (compounds with) Arznei (de), Arzneimittel (de)
• Greek: φαρμακευτικός (el) m (farmakeftikós)
• Indonesian: farmasetis
• Irish: cógaseolaíoch, cógaisíochta
• Italian: farmaceutico (it)
• Kazakh: фармацевтикалық (farmacevtiykalıq), фармацевтік (farmacevtik)
• Latvian: farmaceitisks
• Malay: farmaseutikal
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: farmasøytisk

  Nynorsk: farmasøytisk

• Polish: farmaceutyczny (pl), aptekarski (pl)
• Portuguese: farmacêutico (pt)
• Romanian: farmaceutic (ro)
• Russian: фармацевти́ческий (ru) (farmacevtíčeskij)
• Spanish: farmacéutico (es)
• Swedish: farmaceutisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: фармацевти́чний (farmacevtýčnyj)

Noun

pharmaceutical (plural pharmaceuticals)

1. (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pharmaceutical

Derived terms

• pharm
• pharma-
• pharma
• recreational pharmaceutical

Further reading

• pharmaceutical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia