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Pharmaceutical

{

Pharˊma-ceu′tic

(färˊmȧ-sū′tĭk)
,

Pharˊma-ceu′tic-al

(-tĭ-kal)
, }
Adj.
[L.
pharmaceuticus
, Gr.
φαρμακευτικός
, fr.
φαρμακεύειν
: cf. F.
pharmaceutique
. See
Pharmacy
.]
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
.
–
Pharˊma-ceu′tic-al-ly
,
adv.
Pharmaceutical chemistry
,
that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.