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/

Adjective

pharmaceutical (not comparable)

(medicine) Of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

Translations

of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists

Armenian: դեղագործական (hy) (dełagorcakan)
Catalan: farmacèutic (ca)
Czech: farmaceutický (cs)
Dutch: farmaceutisch (nl)
French: pharmaceutique (fr)
Galician: farmacéutico (gl) m
Georgian: ფარმაცევტული (parmacevṭuli)
German: pharmazeutisch (de)
Greek: φαρμακευτικός (el) m (farmakeftikós)
Irish: cógaseolaíoch, cógaisíochta

Italian: farmaceutico (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: farmasøytisk

Nynorsk: farmasøytisk
Portuguese: farmacêutico (pt)
Romanian: farmaceutic (ro)
Russian: фармацевти́ческий (ru) (farmacevtíčeskij)
Spanish: farmacéutico (es)
Ukrainian: фармацевти́чний (farmacevtýčnyj)

Derived terms

pharmaceutical chemistry
pharmaceutical industry
pharmaceutical sciences

Noun

pharmaceutical (plural pharmaceuticals)

(medicine) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:pharmaceutical

Derived terms

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