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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment;
[syn: pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists;
- Example: "the pharmaceutical industry"
[syn: pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic]

2. of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pharmaceutic \Phar`ma*ceu"tic\ (f[aum]r`m[.a]*s[=u]"t[i^]k), Pharmaceutical \Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al\ (-t[i^]*kal), a. [L. pharmaceuticus, Gr. farmakeytiko`s, fr. farmakey`ein: cf. F. pharmaceutique. See Pharmacy.] Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations. -- Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pharmaceutical adj 1: of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; "the pharmaceutical industry" [syn: pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic] 2: of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment n 1: drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment [syn: pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic]