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pharmacon

pharmacon noun: a medicine or drug.

Noun

pharmacon (plural pharmacons)

  1. (formal, rare) A medicine or drug.
  2. (obsolete) A poison.

Forms of pharmacon

pluralpharmacons

Origin of pharmacon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon).

Words formed from pharmacon

Questions about pharmacon

What does pharmacon mean?
Pharmacon means a medicine or drug.
What part of speech is pharmacon?
Pharmacon is a noun.
What is the plural of pharmacon?
The plural of pharmacon is pharmacons.

Words near pharmacon in the dictionary

  1. pharmacomicrobiomics
  2. pharmacomimetic
  3. pharmacomimetics
  4. pharmacomodulation
  5. pharmacomodulations
  6. pharmacon
  7. pharmaconomist
  8. pharmaconomists
  9. pharmacons
  10. pharmaconutrient
  11. pharmaconutrients

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