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PHARMACEUTICS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pharmaceutics" is a kind of...):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Derivation:
pharmaceutic; pharmaceutical (of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists)