pharmaceutical grade

noun

A standard of purity suitable for medicinal use.

“They make chemicals of pharmaceutical grade in that plant.”

Meanings

nounpharmaceutical grade (countable and uncountable, plural pharmaceutical grades)

plural pharmaceutical grades

  1. attributivecountableoftenuncountableA standard of purity suitable for medicinal use.

    They make chemicals of pharmaceutical grade in that plant.

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