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- [fahr-muh-soo-ti-kuh l]
- /ˌfɑr məˈsu tɪ kəl/
- /ˌfɑː.məˈsuː.tɪ.kəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fahr-muh-soo-ti-kuh l]
- /ˌfɑr məˈsu tɪ kəl/
Definitions of pharmaceutical word
- adjective pharmaceutical pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists. 1
- noun pharmaceutical a pharmaceutical preparation or product. 1
- adjective pharmaceutical relating to drugs 1
- noun pharmaceutical medicine, preparation 1
- adjective pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical means connected with the industrial production of medicine. 0
- noun plural pharmaceutical Pharmaceuticals are medicines. 0
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Origin of pharmaceutical
First appearance:
before 1640 One of the 44% oldest English words
First recorded in 1640-50; pharmaceutic(s) + -al1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pharmaceutical
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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pharmaceutical popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pharmaceutical usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pharmaceutical
noun pharmaceutical
- anti-biotic — any of a large group of chemical substances, as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by various microorganisms and fungi, having the capacity in dilute solutions to inhibit the growth of or to destroy bacteria and other microorganisms, used chiefly in the treatment of infectious diseases.
- biologic — pertaining to biology.
- biologics — biological products such as vaccines and therapeutic sera, used to induce immunity to infectious diseases or harmful substances of biological origin
- counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts
adj pharmaceutical
- disinfectant — any chemical agent used chiefly on inanimate objects to destroy or inhibit the growth of harmful organisms.
- medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
adjective pharmaceutical
- medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
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