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PHARMACEUTICAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
Synonyms:
pharmaceutic; pharmaceutical
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pharmaceutical" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pharmaceutical"):
radiopharmaceutical (pharmaceutical consisting of a radioactive compound used in radiation therapy)
clot buster; thrombolytic; thrombolytic agent (a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle)
Derivation:
pharmaceutical (of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
Example:
the pharmaceutical industry
Synonyms:
pharmaceutic; pharmaceutical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
pharmaceutics (the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,)
pharmacist (a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs)
Derivation:
pharmaceutics (the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,)
pharmacy (a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold)
pharmacy (the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
pharmaceutical (drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment)
Derivation:
pharmaceutical (drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment)
Context examples:
Their findings in animal models could have implications for future pharmaceutical development.
(Scientists Find Brain Hormone That Triggers Fat Burning, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Such a pharmaceutical formulation could be taken from a young age, with no short- or long-term side effects.
(Scientists identify bioactive compounds in cacao pods to develop drugs to combat skeletal disorders, University of Granada)
The results have the potential to lead to the wide use of clays in the pharmaceutical industry.
(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)
A collection of pharmaceutical substances available for research use
(Pharmaceutical Resources, NCI Thesaurus)
The distinguishing qualities of a pharmaceutical product or substance.
(Pharmaceutical Product Characteristics, NCI Thesaurus)
Pharmaceutical chaperones may help stabilize the protein structure thereby restoring folding and/or preventing misfolding of the protein.
(Pharmacological Chaperone, NCI Thesaurus)
Pharmaceutical excipients do not affect therapeutic effects of the preparation or suitable tests or assays.
(Pharmaceutical Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)
The content of an active ingredient expressed quantitatively per dosage unit, per unit of volume, or per unit of weight, according to the pharmaceutical dose form.
(Pharmaceutical Strength, NCI Thesaurus)
Therapeutically inactive ingredient of pharmaceutical dosage form used to protect it against premature physical breakup and to prevent unwanted environmental interactions.
(Coating Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)
The form of the completed pharmaceutical product, e.g. tablet, capsule, injection, elixir, suppository.
(CDISC SDTM Pharmaceutical Dosage Form Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
