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
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
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]