Meanings
nounpharmacotherapy (plural pharmacotherapies)
plural pharmacotherapies
- medicineThe use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Origin
- Ancient Greekφάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)
- Englishpharmaco-
- Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
- Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
- Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
- Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
- New Latintherapīa
- Englishtherapy
- Englishpharmacotherapy
Translations
Czech farmakoterapie
- farmakoterapieuse of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Dutch farmacotherapie
- farmacotherapieuse of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Finnish farmakoterapia
- farmakoterapiause of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
French pharmacothérapie
- pharmacothérapieuse of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
German Pharmakotherapie
- Pharmakotherapieuse of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Greek φαρμακοθεραπεία
- φαρμακοθεραπεία (farmakotherapeía)use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Japanese 薬物治療
- 薬物治療 (yakubutsuchiryō)use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Persian داروسازی بالینی
- داروسازی بالینیuse of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Polish farmakoterapia
- farmakoterapiause of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Portuguese farmacoterapia
- farmacoterapiause of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Russian фармакотерапия
- фармакотерапия (farmakoterapija)use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Slovak farmakoterapia
- farmakoterapiause of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Cite this entry
APA
pharmacotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharmacotherapy
MLA
“pharmacotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharmacotherapy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pharmacotherapy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharmacotherapy.
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