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English Dictionary: pharmaceutical by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pharmaceutical
adj
  1. of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; "the pharmaceutical industry"
    Synonym(s): pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic
  2. of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment
n
  1. drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
    Synonym(s): pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pharmaceutic \Phar`ma*ceu"tic\
      (f[aum]r`m[adot]*s[umac]"t[icr]k), Pharmaceutical
   \Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al\ (-t[icr]*k[ait]l), 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.
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