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pseudopharmaceutical

pseudopharmaceutical adjective: apparently, but not actually, pharmaceutical.

Adjective

pseudopharmaceutical (not comparable)

  1. Apparently, but not actually, pharmaceutical.

Noun

pseudopharmaceutical (plural pseudopharmaceuticals)

  1. Any substance that only appears to, or is claimed to, have pharmaceutical effects.

Forms of pseudopharmaceutical

pluralpseudopharmaceuticals

Origin of pseudopharmaceutical

From pseudo- + pharmaceutical.

Questions about pseudopharmaceutical

What does pseudopharmaceutical mean?
Pseudopharmaceutical means apparently, but not actually, pharmaceutical.
What part of speech is pseudopharmaceutical?
Pseudopharmaceutical can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pseudopharmaceutical in the dictionary

  1. pseudophakes
  2. pseudophakia
  3. pseudophakic
  4. pseudophakodonesis
  5. pseudophallic
  6. pseudopharmaceutical
  7. pseudopharmaceuticals
  8. pseudophase
  9. pseudophases
  10. pseudophenotype
  11. pseudophenotypes

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