Associations to the word «Pharmaceutical»

Wiktionary

PHARMACEUTICAL, adjective. (medicine) Of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
PHARMACEUTICAL, noun. (medicine) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE, noun. A standard of purity suitable for use as a medicine.

Dictionary definition

PHARMACEUTICAL, noun. Drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment.
PHARMACEUTICAL, adjective. Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; "the pharmaceutical industry".
PHARMACEUTICAL, adjective. Of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats