Etymology

pharmaceutical

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Today it means: Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφαρμακευτικός“of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”
  2. English todaypharmaceutical

From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”).

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Ancient Greekφαρμακευτικός all →

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