pharma

phar·ma

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Definitions of pharma word

noun pharma a pharmaceutical company. 1
noun pharma Also called big pharma. pharmaceutical companies, considered collectively: Pharma is expanding into China, hoping to replace local remedies with manufactured drugs. 1
noun pharma pharmaceutical companies when considered together as an industry 0

before 1990

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 1990-95; short for pharmaceutical

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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