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PHARMACEUTICALS
Noun
pharmaceuticals
plural of pharmaceutical
Source: Wiktionary
PHARMACEUTICAL
Phar`ma*ceu"tic, Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al, a. Etym: [L. pharmaceuticus, Gr. pharmaceutique. See Pharmacy.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations.
– Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly, adv. Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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