pharmaceutical

English

Etymology

From pharmaceutic +‎ -al, from Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”), from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “drug maker”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑɹməˈs(j)utɪkl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/, /ˌfɑː.məˈkjuː.tɪ.kl̩/

Adjective

pharmaceutical (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• biopharmaceutical
• ethnopharmaceutical
• immunopharmaceutical
• metallopharmaceutical
• nanopharmaceutical
• neuropharmaceutical
• nonpharmaceutical
• parapharmaceutical
• pharmaceutical chemistry
• pharmaceutical grade
• pharmaceutical industry
• pharmaceuticalization
• pharmaceuticalize
• pharmaceutically
• pharmaceutical sciences
• phytopharmaceutical
• polypharmaceutical
• pseudopharmaceutical
• psychopharmaceutical
• radiopharmaceutical

 

Translations

of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists

• Armenian: դեղագործական (hy) (dełagorcakan)
• Catalan: farmacèutic (ca)
• Czech: farmaceutický (cs)
• Dutch: farmaceutisch (nl)
• French: pharmaceutique (fr)
• Galician: farmacéutico (gl) m
• Georgian: ფარმაცევტული (parmacevṭuli)
• German: pharmazeutisch (de), (componds with) Arznei (de), Arzneimittel (de)
• Greek: φαρμακευτικός (el) m (farmakeftikós)
• Irish: cógaseolaíoch, cógaisíochta

• Italian: farmaceutico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: farmasøytisk

  Nynorsk: farmasøytisk

• Portuguese: farmacêutico (pt)
• Romanian: farmaceutic (ro)
• Russian: фармацевти́ческий (ru) (farmacevtíčeskij)
• Spanish: farmacéutico (es)
• Ukrainian: фармацевти́чний (farmacevtýčnyj)

Noun

pharmaceutical (plural pharmaceuticals)

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:pharmaceutical

Derived terms

• pharm
• pharma
• pharma-