All pharmaceutical synonyms
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P p 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.
noun pharmaceutical
- countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- biologic — pertaining to biology.
- medicament — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- medicant — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- biologics — biological products such as vaccines and therapeutic sera, used to induce immunity to infectious diseases or harmful substances of biological origin
- medication — the use or application of medicine.
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- 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.
- counterstep — an opposing step or measure
- drug — the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
- counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts
adjective pharmaceutical
- medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.