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parapharmaceutical

parapharmaceutical adjective: alternative to pharmaceutical.

Adjective

parapharmaceutical (not comparable)

  1. alternative to pharmaceutical

Noun

parapharmaceutical (plural parapharmaceuticals)

  1. alternative medicine

Forms of parapharmaceutical

pluralparapharmaceuticals

Origin of parapharmaceutical

From para- + pharmaceutical.

Questions about parapharmaceutical

What does parapharmaceutical mean?
Parapharmaceutical means alternative to pharmaceutical.
What part of speech is parapharmaceutical?
Parapharmaceutical can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near parapharmaceutical in the dictionary

  1. parapets
  2. parapetted
  3. paraph
  4. paraphalangeal
  5. parapharingeal
  6. parapharmaceutical
  7. parapharmaceuticals
  8. parapharmacy
  9. parapharyngeal
  10. paraphasia
  11. paraphasias

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