pharmaceutical
UK/ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩//ˌfɑɹ.məˈs(j)u.tɪ.kl̩/
pharmaceutical adjective: of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
Adjective
pharmaceutical (not comparable)
- Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- pharmaceutical industry
- pharmaceutical company
- Synonyms:
- pharmaceutic, pharmacic, pharmic
Noun
pharmaceutical (plural pharmaceuticals)
- A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
- Synonyms:
- conservatory, drug, medication, medicine, medicament, pharmaceutical drug
pharmaceutical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
pharmaceutical in Hindi
- a pharmaceutical, a medicine
- भेषज bheṣaj
pharmaceutical in Tamil
- மருந்தாக்கத் தொழிலுக்குரிய, மருந்து
pharmaceutical in Urdu
- دوا سازی سے متعلق
pharmaceutical in Bengali
- ফার্মাসিউটিকাল, ঔষধপ্রস্তুতের বিদ্যা সংক্রান্ত
More languagesFewer languages
- pharmaceutical in Telugu
- ఫార్మాస్యూటికల్
- pharmaceutical in Malayalam
- ഫാർമസ്യൂട്ടിക്കൽ
- pharmaceutical in Kannada
- ಔಷಧೀಯ, ಔಷಧ ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ಮಾರಾಟದ, ಔಷಧಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ
- pharmaceutical in Malay
- farmaseutikal
- pharmaceutical in Indonesian
- farmasetis
Examples of pharmaceutical in a sentence
- pharmaceutical research
- The company specializes in pharmaceutical research.
- She works for a major pharmaceutical firm.
- Pharmaceutical products must be tested for safety.
Synonyms of pharmaceutical
- pharmaceutic
- pharmacic
- pharmic
- drug
- medication
- medicine
- medicament
- pharmaceutical drug
- conservatory
Forms of pharmaceutical
| plural | pharmaceuticals |
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Origin of pharmaceutical
From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”).
Words formed from pharmaceutical
- behaviorceutical
- biopharmaceutical
- chemicopharmaceutical
- cosmeceutical
- ethnopharmaceutical
- farmaceutical
- immunopharmaceutical
- medicopharmaceutical
- metallopharmaceutical
- nanopharmaceutical
- neuropharmaceutical
- nonpharmaceutical
- nutraceutical
- nutriceutical
- parapharmaceutical
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmaceutical grade
- pharmaceuticalization
- pharmaceuticalize
- pharmaceutically
- pharmaceutical sciences
- Pharmageddon
- pharmahuasca
- phytopharmaceutical
- polypharmaceutical
- pseudopharmaceutical
- psychopharmaceutical
- radiopharmaceutical
- sexuopharmaceutical
- pharm
- pharma-
- pharma
- recreational pharmaceutical
Phrases with pharmaceutical
Questions about pharmaceutical
- What does pharmaceutical mean?
- Pharmaceutical means of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- What is pharmaceutical in Hindi?
- Pharmaceutical in Hindi is भेषज (bheṣaj). See Pharmaceutical meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use pharmaceutical in a sentence?
- pharmaceutical research
- What part of speech is pharmaceutical?
- Pharmaceutical can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pharmaceutical?
- Pharmaceutical is pronounced /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/ (UK).
Words near pharmaceutical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pharmaceutical (page history and authors); भेषज (Hindi) (page history and authors); pharmaceutical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pharmaceutical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pharmaceutical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pharmaceutical (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pharmaceutical (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pharmaceutical (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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