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pharmaceutical |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pharmaceutic \Phar`ma*ceu"tic\ (f[aum]r`m[.a]*s[=u]"t[i^]k), Pharmaceutical \Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al\ (-t[i^]*kal), a. [L. pharmaceuticus, Gr farmakeytiko`s, fr farmakey`ein: cf F. pharmaceutique See {Pharmacy}.] Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as pharmaceutical preparations. -- {Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly}, adv {Pharmaceutical chemistry}, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pharmaceutical adj : of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; "the pharmaceutical industry" [syn: {pharmaceutic}] n : a pharmaceutical product
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