pharmaceutical

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”).

Thus, contact with tobacco, Clorox, urine, cosmetics, kitchen matches, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, or soils, among other things, may result in a positive reaction to the paraffin test. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
If G. de Boursy-Williams, of all those lying capitals, were a member of the London Pharmaceutical Society and properly-qualified dentist, which perhaps might be the case, he certainly possessed no other claim upon the confidence of his fellow-creatures, sick or well. — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan

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