pharmaceutical has definitions from the fields of medicine,pharmacology
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[ adjective ] (pharmacology) of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists

Synonyms

pharmaceutic

Examples

"the pharmaceutical industry"

Used in print

(Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)

Eager as he was to pursue this promising line , he was so loaded_down with the management of the pharmacy and lectures in the medical and pharmaceutical faculties at the university that he could devote only Sunday afternoons to `` galvanizing '' .

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[ adjective ] of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment
3
[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
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