pharmaceutic

HYPHEN

phar=ma=ceu=tic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pharmaceutic has 1 sense

pharmaceutic(n = noun.artifact) pharmaceutical - drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment;

is a kind of medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

has particulars: radiopharmaceutical, clot buster, thrombolytic, thrombolytic agent

Adjective pharmaceutic has 1 sense

pharmaceutic(a = adj.pert) pharmaceutical - of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; "the pharmaceutical industry"

Derived forms noun pharmaceutics₁, noun pharmacist₁, noun pharmacy₂, noun pharmacy₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pharmaceutic, 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. [1913 Webster]

Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.