pharmaceutical love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • noun A pharmaceutical product or preparation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as pharmaceutic

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective medicine of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • noun medicine A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
  • adjective of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
  • adjective of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Late Latin pharmaceuticus, from Greek pharmakeutikos, from pharmakeutēs, preparer of drugs, variant of pharmakeus, from pharmakon, drug.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From pharmaceutic +‎ -al, from Latin pharmaceuticus ("of drugs"), from Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, "drug maker").

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