pharmaceutical

[ fahr-muh-soo-ti-kuhl ]

adjective

1. pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.

noun

1. a pharmaceutical preparation or product.

pharmaceutical

/ ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪkəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to drugs or pharmacy

Derived Forms

• ˌpharmaˈceutically, adverb

Other Words From

• pharma·ceuti·cal·ly adverb
• nonphar·ma·ceutic adjective
• nonphar·ma·ceuti·cal adjective
• nonphar·ma·ceuti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of pharmaceutical¹

First recorded in 1640–50; pharmaceutic(s) + -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pharmaceutical¹

C17: from Late Latin pharmaceuticus, from Greek pharmakeus purveyor of drugs; see pharmacy

Example Sentences

Just in the last month, the pharmaceutical company says they’ve doubled their output.

From Popular-Science

Cooperative manufacturing isn’t unheard of in the pharmaceutical world, but it’s not common.

From Quartz

Researchers and pharmaceutical companies are already working on ways to thwart these new variants, but the two main mRNA vaccines seem to still work.

From Popular-Science

So it’s really a remarkable incentive for the pharmaceutical industry to get on board.

From Freakonomics

In short, the pharmaceutical companies are testing new variants against their vaccines and spinning up new trials.

From Washington Post

The 289-page satire follows Morris Feldstein, a pharmaceutical salesman who gets seduced by a lonely receptionist.

From The Daily Beast

Whitaker shows how some pharmaceutical companies have cooked the books to make the drugs seem more effective than they are.

From The Daily Beast

PG has been used in more than 4,000 food, beverage, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products for more than 50 years.

From The Daily Beast

The patients and their estates agree not to bring legal action against caregivers, pharmaceutical companies, and insurers.

From The Daily Beast

Is it art, could it harm her, and does it successfully target—as she intends—the pharmaceutical industry?

From The Daily Beast

The Druggists Circular is to be congratulated on exposing this latest pharmaceutical freak.

From Project Gutenberg

In the pharmaceutical department of the exhibit a widely—​and fraudulently—​advertised patent medicine received a silver medal!

From Project Gutenberg

Exploiters of fraudulent and dangerous pharmaceutical products have no love for The Journal.

From Project Gutenberg

For instance the three departments of medicine are the rhetorical, the dietetic, and the surgical and pharmaceutical.

From Project Gutenberg

Not that the course pursued by Parke, Davis & Co. is by any means an exceptional one in the pharmaceutical world.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• medicine