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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal
\\ˌfär-mə-ˈsü-ti-kəl\\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Late Latin pharmaceuticus, from Greek pharmakeutikos, from pharmakeuein to administer drugs — more at pharmacy DATE 1640 : of, relating to, or engaged in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals a pharmaceutical company • phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal·ly \\-ti-k(ə-)lē\\ adverb
noun DATE 1881 : a medicinal drug English Etymology pharmaceutical 1648 (pharmaceutic in the same sense is from 1541), from L.pharmaceuticus "of drugs," from Gk. pharmakeutikos, from pharmakeus "preparer of drugs, poisoner," from pharmakon"medicine, poison." Pharmacology is attested from 1721, formed in Mod.L. (1683) with Gk. -logia "dealing with the topic of." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 pharmaceutical pharma·ceut·ical / 7fB:mE5su:tikl; -5sju:-; NAmE 7fB:rmE5su:- / adjective[only before noun] connected with making and selling drugs and medicines 制药的；配药的；卖药的: pharmaceutical products 药物 the pharmaceutical industry 制药业 noun[usually pl.] (technical 术语) a drug or medicine 药物: the development of new pharmaceuticals 新药的开发 the pharmaceuticals industry 药物业 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal I. \]ə̇kəl, ]ēk-\ adjective Etymology: Late Latin pharmaceuticus + English -al : of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists • phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal·ly \-ə̇k(ə)lē, -ēk-, -li\ adverb II. noun (-s) : a pharmaceutical preparation : medicinal drug |
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