Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

pharmaceutical

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) pharmaceutical (adjective)
  2. 2) pharmaceutical (noun)
  3. pharmaceutical chemist (noun)

1phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal

adj \ˌfär-mə-ˈsü-ti-kəl\

Definition of PHARMACEUTICAL

: of, relating to, or engaged in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals <a pharmaceutical company>
— phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
See pharmaceutical defined for English-language learners »
See pharmaceutical defined for kids »

Examples of PHARMACEUTICAL

  1. lobbyists from the pharmaceutical industry

Origin of PHARMACEUTICAL

Late Latin pharmaceuticus, from Greek pharmakeutikos, from pharmakeuein to administer drugs — more at pharmacy
First Known Use: 1640

Other Pharmacology Terms

anodyne, cathartic, emetic, emollient, liniment, paregoric, poultice, purgative, soporific, spectrum

Rhymes with PHARMACEUTICAL

hermeneutical

Learn More About PHARMACEUTICAL

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: pharmaceutical chemist
Previous Word in the Dictionary: pharma
All Words Near: pharmaceutical

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up pharmaceutical? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).