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nonpharma

nonpharma adjective: not of or pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry.

Adjective

nonpharma (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Not of or pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry.
    • To this end, some developers use plants like rice and safflower that self-pollinate, reducing the risk of contaminating nonpharma plants by wind and insect pollination.2007 April 8, Denise Caruso, “How to Confine the Plants of the Future?”, in New York Times
    • To the objection that user fees might end up merely funding other, nonpharma departments of the FDA, Mossinghoff made sure the new legislation mandated that all user fees be strictly dedicated to hiring and supporting drug reviewers.2007, Greg Critser, Generation Rx

Origin of nonpharma

From non- + pharma.

Questions about nonpharma

What does nonpharma mean?
Nonpharma means not of or pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry.
What part of speech is nonpharma?
Nonpharma is an adjective.

Words near nonpharma in the dictionary

  1. nonphagocytic
  2. nonphagocytosed
  3. nonphagocytosing
  4. nonphagotrophic
  5. nonphallic
  6. nonpharma
  7. nonpharmaceutical
  8. nonpharmacist
  9. nonpharmacists
  10. nonpharmacologic
  11. nonpharmacological

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