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farmaceuticals

farmaceuticals is the plural of farmaceutical.

Meaning of farmaceutical

Noun

farmaceutical (plural farmaceuticals)

  1. A medically valuable compound produced from modified agricultural crops or animals (usually through biotechnology).
    • Of course industry assures us that biotech's "farmaceuticals" would never be allowed to grow in proximity to related plants and wild relatives, and that measures will be taken to mitigate the spread of transgenes from pharma crops and biofortified plants.2002 Spring, ETC Group, “Genetic Pollution in Mexico's Center of Maize Diversity”, in Backgrounder, volume 8, number 2, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2008, page 3

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Questions about farmaceuticals

What is farmaceuticals the plural of?
Farmaceuticals is the plural of farmaceutical.

Words near farmaceuticals in the dictionary

  1. farm-yard
  2. farm-yards
  3. farmability
  4. farmable
  5. farmaceutical
  6. farmaceuticals
  7. Farman
  8. Farmand
  9. Farmans
  10. Farmborough Heights
  11. farmboy

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