Meanings
prefix
- Pertaining to pharmaceuticals, pharmacology, or the pharmaceutical industry.
Although I was not surprised by the pervasiveness of pharmaceutical company advertising or the pharma-sponsored components of the health education events I attended over the years, they were impossible to ignore.
2018 January 2, Samantha D. Gottlieb, “9. The “Tragically Underused” Vaccine”, in Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine. Selling HPV and Cervical Cancer, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 137
Origin
Back-formation from pharmaceutical.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
pharma-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharma-
MLA
“pharma-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharma-. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pharma-,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharma-.
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