pharmaceutical

English

Etymology

From pharmaceutic +‎ -al, from Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”), from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “drug maker”).

Pronunciation

(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑɹməˈs(j)utɪkl̩/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/, /ˌfɑː.məˈkjuː.tɪ.kl̩/

Adjective

pharmaceutical (not comparable)

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
Synonyms: (archaic) pharmacic, (US, slang, archaic) pharmic

Derived terms

Translations

of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists

Afrikaans: farmaseuties
Armenian: դեղագործական (hy) (deġagorcakan)
Asturian: farmacéuticu
Belarusian: фармацэўты́чны (farmaceŭtýčny)
Catalan: farmacèutic (ca)
Czech: farmaceutický (cs)
Danish: farmaceutisk
Dutch: farmaceutisch (nl)
French: pharmaceutique (fr)
Galician: farmacéutico (gl) m
Georgian: ფარმაცევტული (parmacevṭuli)
German: pharmazeutisch (de), (componds with) Arznei (de), Arzneimittel (de)
Greek: φαρμακευτικός (el) m (farmakeftikós)
Indonesian: farmasetis
Irish: cógaseolaíoch, cógaisíochta
Italian: farmaceutico (it)
Kazakh: фармацевтикалық (farmasevtikalyq), фармацевтік (farmasevtık)
Latvian: farmaceitisks
Malay: farmaseutikal
Norwegian:
Bokmål: farmasøytisk

Nynorsk: farmasøytisk
Polish: farmaceutyczny (pl), aptekarski (pl)
Portuguese: farmacêutico (pt)
Romanian: farmaceutic (ro)
Russian: фармацевти́ческий (ru) (farmacevtíčeskij)
Spanish: farmacéutico (es)
Swedish: farmaceutisk
Ukrainian: фармацевти́чний (farmacevtýčnyj)

Noun

pharmaceutical (plural pharmaceuticals)

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pharmaceutical

Derived terms

Further reading

pharmaceutical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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