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Definition of pharmaceutical adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pharmaceutical

adjective
 
/ˌfɑːməˈsuːtɪkl/,
 
/ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪkl/
 
/ˌfɑːrməˈsuːtɪkl/
[only before noun]
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  1. connected with making and selling medical drugs
    • pharmaceutical products
    • the pharmaceutical industry
    Topics Healthcarec1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPharmaceutical is used with these nouns:
    • company
    • giant
    • industry
    • …
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek pharmakeutikos (from pharmakeutēs ‘druggist’, from pharmakon ‘drug’) + -al.
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