Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pharmaceutical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pharmaceutic \Phar`ma*ceu"tic\ (f[aum]r`m[.a]*s[=u]"t[i^]k),
Pharmaceutical \Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al\ (-t[i^]*kal), 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. --
{Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly}, adv.
{Pharmaceutical chemistry}, that department of chemistry
which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal
substances.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pharmaceutical
adj : of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; "the
pharmaceutical industry" [syn: {pharmaceutic}]
n : drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies
and used in medical treatment
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