Meanings
- not comparablepharmacymedicineOf or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
pharmaceutical company
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pharmaceutical industry
pharmaceutical research
The company specializes in pharmaceutical research.
She works for a major pharmaceutical firm.
Pharmaceutical products must be tested for safety.
Synonyms: pharmaceutic, pharmacic, pharmic
plural pharmaceuticals
- pharmacymedicineA pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
Synonyms: conservatory, drug, medication, medicine, medicament, pharmaceutical drug
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
nounA pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
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adjectiveof or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
noundrug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekφαρμακευτικός“of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”
- Englishpharmaceutical
From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”).
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Afrikaans farmaseuties
- farmaseutiesof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Bulgarian фармацевти́чен
- фармацевти́чен (farmacevtíčen)of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Catalan farmacèutic
- farmacèuticof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Czech farmaceutický
- farmaceutickýof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Danish farmaceutisk
- farmaceutiskof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Dutch farmaceutisch
- farmaceutischof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Finnish lääke-, farmaseuttinen
- lääke-of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
- farmaseuttinenof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
French pharmaceutique
- pharmaceutiqueof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
German pharmazeutisch, Arznei
- pharmazeutischof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
- Arzneiof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
- Arzneimittelof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Greek φαρμακευτικός
- φαρμακευτικός (farmakeftikós)of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Indonesian farmasetis
- farmasetisof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Irish cógaseolaíoch, cógaisíochta
- cógaseolaíochof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
- cógaisíochtaof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Italian farmaceutico
- farmaceuticoof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Latvian farmaceitisks
- farmaceitisksof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Malay farmaseutikal
- farmaseutikalof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Norwegian Bokmål farmasøytisk
- farmasøytiskof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Polish farmaceutyczny, aptekarski
- farmaceutycznyof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
- aptekarskiof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Portuguese farmacêutico
- farmacêuticoof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Romanian farmaceutic
- farmaceuticof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Russian фармацевти́ческий
- фармацевти́ческий (farmacevtíčeskij)of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Spanish farmacéutico
- farmacéuticoof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Swedish farmaceutisk
- farmaceutiskof, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Ukrainian фармацевти́чний
- фармацевти́чний (farmacevtýčnyj)of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Cite this entry
pharmaceutical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharmaceutical
“pharmaceutical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharmaceutical. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pharmaceutical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharmaceutical.
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