pharmaceutical(n = noun.artifact) pharmaceutic - 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
Derived form adjective pharmaceutical₂

1.  pharmaceutical(a = adj.pert) pharmaceutic - of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; "the pharmaceutical industry"
Derived forms noun pharmaceutics₁, noun pharmacy₂, noun pharmacy₁

2.  pharmaceutical(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment;
Derived form noun pharmaceutical₁

   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]

pharmaceutical, adj.
1 of or engaged in pharmacy.
2 of the use or sale of medicinal drugs.

Derivative:
pharmaceutically adv. pharmaceutics n.

Etymology:
LL pharmaceuticus f. Gk pharmakeutikos f. pharmakeutes druggist f. pharmakon drug

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pharmaceutical chemist, pharmaceutical company